Paleontological and sedimentological observations on the Canoa Formation (Manabí Basin, Ecuador)

Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 85-96

  Bianucci, Giovanni ^a   Cantalamessa, Gino ^b,d   Landini, Walter ^a   Ragaini, Luca ^a   Valleri, Gigliola ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra   (Italy)

Author keywords

Canoa Formation; Ecuador; Foraminifers; Molluscs; Otoliths; Pliocene; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINOIDES; GLOBIGERINOIDES FISTULOSUS; MANTA; MOLLUSCA;

PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PALAEONTOLOGY; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ECUADOR;

EID: 0031396519     PISSN: 03757633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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