Paleoenvironmental evolution in the Pliocene marine-coastal succession of Val Chiusella (Ivrea, NW Italy)

Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 23-52

  Basilici, Giorgio ^a   Martinetto, Edoardo ^a   Pavia, Giulio ^a   Violanti, Donata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biochronology; Foraminifera; Mollusca; Northern Italy; Paleoenvironment; Plants; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; MOLLUSCA; ZANCLEA;

PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE;

ITALY;

EID: 0031403369     PISSN: 03757633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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