The Monte del Casino section (Northern Apennines, Italy): A potential Tortonian/Messinian boundary stratotype?

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 133, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 27-47

  Krijgsman, W ^a   Hilgen, F J ^b   Negri, A ^c   Wijbrans, J R ^d   Zachariasse, W J ^b  

^a Paleomagnetic Laboratory Utrecht   (Netherlands)

^b Institute of Earth Sciences   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Astronomical dating; Calcareous plankton biostratigraphy; Northern Apennines; Paleo magnetism; Tortonian Messinian boundary

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY; STRATOTYPE SECTION; TORTONIAN-MESSINIAN BOUNDARY;

ITALY, APENNINES, MONTE DEL CASINO;

TORTONIA;

EID: 0030864391     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00039-4     Document Type: Article

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