Sedimentology of a Macigno turbidite section in the Piombino-Baratti area (northern Apennines, Italy)

Giornale di Geologia

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 129-141

  Cornamusini, Gianluca ^a   Costantini, Armando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Macigno; Northern Apennines; Sedimentological facies; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTARY FACIES; TERTIARY; TURBIDITE;

ITALY, APENNINES;

EID: 0031397364     PISSN: 00170291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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