Dinoflagellate cysts and mid-Oligocene chronostratigraphy in the central Mediterranean region

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 553-561

  Wilpshaar, M ^a   Santarelli, A ^a   Brinkhuis, H ^a   Visscher, H ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Chronostratigraphy; Dinoflagellate cysts; Italy; Oligocene

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; OLIGOCENE;

ITALY;

EID: 0030482466     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.153.4.0553     Document Type: Article

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