Microfacies analysis of shallow water carbonates and evidence of hierarchically organized cycles: Aptian of Monte Tobenna, southern Apennines, Italy

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 197-223

  Raspini, Arturo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; CARBONATE PLATFORM; MICROFACIES ANALYSIS;

ITALY;

ORBITOLINA;

EID: 0032049465     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.1997.0103     Document Type: Article

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