The Global Standard Stratotype-section and Point (GSSP) of the Piacenzian Stage (Middle Pliocene)

Episodes

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 88-93

  Castradori, D ^a   Rio, D ^b   Hilgen, F J ^b   Lourens, L J ^b  

^a AGIP SpA   (Italy)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032220177     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/1998/v21i2/003     Document Type: Article

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