Radiolarian biostratigraphy in the sedimentary cover of the ophiolites of south-western Tuscany, Central Italy

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-77

  Chiari, Marco ^a   Cortese, Giuseppe ^b   Marcucci, Marta ^a   Nozzoli, Nicola ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c IGM   (France)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Jurassic; Monte Alpe Chert; Ophiolites; Radiolaria; Southern Tuscany; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; JURASSIC; OPHIOLITE; RADIOLARIA; TAXONOMY;

ITALY, TUSCANY;

EID: 0030850571     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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