Magnetic and sequence stratigraphy of redeposited upper Cretaceous limestones in the Montagna della Maiella, Abruzzi, Italy

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 79-93

  Lampert, S A ^a   Lowrie, W ^a   Hirt, A M ^a   Bernoulli, D ^b   Mutti, M ^b,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Abruzzi Italy; Correlation; Limestone; Magnetostratigraphy; Paleomagnetism; Stratigraphy; Tectonics; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; LIMESTONE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALAEOMAGNETISM; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ITALY, ABRUZZI, MONTAGNA DELLA MAIELLA;

EID: 0031448786     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00086-1     Document Type: Article

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