Worldwide correlation of the Pliocene/Pleistocene GSSP at Vrica (Southern Italy) confirmed by strontium isotope stratigraphy

Newsletters on Stratigraphy

Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 177-187

  Barbieri, Mario ^a   Castorina, Francesca ^a   Colalongo, Maria Luisa ^b   Pasini, Giancarlo ^c   Vaiani, Stefano Claudio ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

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EID: 0032367797     PISSN: 00780421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/nos/36/1998/177     Document Type: Article

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