Late Neogene evolution of the Taza-Guercif Basin (Riffan Corridor, Morocco) and implications for the Messinian salinity crisis

Marine Geology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 147-160

  Krijgsman, W ^a   Langereis, C G ^a   Zachariasse, W J ^b   Boccaletti, M ^c   Moratti, G ^d   Gelati, R ^e   Iaccarino, S ^f   Papani, G ^f   Villa, G ^f  

^a Paleomagnetic Laboratory Utrecht   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Calcareous plankton; Geodynamics; Magnetostratigraphy; Messinian; Morocco

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MESSINIAN; NEOGENE; PALEOSALINITY;

MOROCCO;

EID: 0032937160     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00084-X     Document Type: Article

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