Magnetostratigraphy-based astronomical tuning of the early Pliocene lacustrine sediments of Ptolemais (NW Greece) and bed-to-bed correlation with the marine record

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 535-551

  Van Vugt, N ^a   Steenbrink, J ^a   Langereis, C G ^a   Hilgen, F J ^a   Meulenkamp, J E ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fluvi lacustrine sedimentation; Lacustrine sedimentation; Magnetostratigraphy; Mediterranean; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENTATION;

GREECE;

EID: 0032583358     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00236-2     Document Type: Article

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