A Lower Cretaceous drowning unconformity on the eastern flank of the Apulia Platform (Gargano Promontory, southern Italy)

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-61

  Bosellini, A ^a   Morsilli, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Drowning unconformities; Eustasy; Southern Italy

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DROWNING UNCONFORMITY; EUSTASY; STRATIGRAPHY;

ITALY, APULIA, GARGANO PROMONTORY;

EID: 0030793020     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.1996.0049     Document Type: Article

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