Age and palaeoecological inferences of the upper Monte Falterona Sandstone Formation (Lonnano Member, early Miocene), northern Apennines

Giornale di Geologia

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 143-168

  Palliani, Raffaella Bucefalo ^a   Luchetti, Lucina ^a   Nini, Claudio ^a   Nocchi, Marisa ^a   Rettori, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aquitanian; Calcareous nannofossils; Dinoflagellate cysts; Foraminifers; Integrated biostratigraphy; Monte Falterona Sandstones Formation (Lonnano Member); Northern Apennines

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; PALAEOECOLOGY; TURBIDITE;

ITALY, APENNINES;

EID: 0031403833     PISSN: 00170291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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