The significance of Messinian occurrences of Globorotalia margaritae and Globorotalia puncticulata in Sicily

Terra Nova

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-64

  Butler, R W H ^a   Pedley, H M ^b   Maniscalco, R ^c   Grasso, M ^c   McClelland, E ^d   Finegan, B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; GLOBOROTALIA MARGARITAE; GLOBOROTALIA PUNCTICULATA; MESSINIAN; MIOCENE;

ITALY, SICILY;

EID: 0029774021     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1996.tb00725.x     Document Type: Article

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