The Gelasian stage (Upper Pliocene): A new unit of the global standard chronostratigraphic scale

Episodes

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 82-87

  Rio, D ^b   Sprovieri, R ^b   Castradori, D ^a   Di Stefano, E ^b  

^a AGIP SpA   (Italy)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032089305     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/1998/v21i2/002     Document Type: Article

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