Continental, brackish and marine carbonates from the Lower Cretaceous of Kolone-Barbariga (Istria, Croatia): Stratigraphy, sedimentology and geochemistry

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 245-269

  Dini, Michela ^a   Tunis, Giorgio ^b   Venturini, Sandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b Environ Mar Sci Via Weiss 2 U ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Cretaceous; Geochemistry; Istria; Palaeoli mnology; Sedimentology; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CRETACEOUS; GEOCHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CROATIA;

EID: 0031847930     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00042-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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