Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of the M. del Casino section (northern Apennines, Italy) and paleoceanographic conditions at times of Late Miocene sapropel formation

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-30

  Negri, A ^a   Giunta, S ^b   Hilgen, F ^c   Krijgsman, W ^d   Vai, G B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Inst Earth Sci Budapestlaan 4 U   (Netherlands)

^d Paleomagnetic Laboratory Utrecht   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Calcareous nannofossils; Late Miocene; Mediterranean area; Sapropel

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; NANNOFOSSIL; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SAPROPEL; TORTONIAN-MESSINIAN BOUNDARY;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0032946179     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(98)00024-3     Document Type: Article

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