Towards the Lowering of the Pliocene/Pleistocene Boundary to the Gauss-Matuyama Reversal

Quaternary International

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-42

  Suc, Jean Pierre ^a   Bertini, Adele ^b   Leroy, Suzanne A G ^c   Suballyova, Danica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; GAUSS/MATUYAMA BOUNDARY; MAGNETIC POLARITY; PLIOCENE/PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 0031463616     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1040-6182(96)00059-6     Document Type: Article

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