Conodont biostratigraphy of uppermost triassic deep-water calcilutites from Pizzo Mondello (Sicani Mountains): Evidence for rhaetian pelagites in sicily

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 126, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 309-323

  Gullo, M ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Geologia e Geodesia   (Italy)

Author keywords

conodonts; paleontology; Rhaetian; Sicily; stratigraphy; Triassic

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONODONT; RHAETIC; TRIASSIC;

ITALY, SICILY, SICANI MOUNTAINS, SOSIO VALLEY, PIZZO MONDELLO;

EID: 0030572895     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00043-0     Document Type: Article

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