Integrated stratigraphy of the Cismon APTICORE (Southern Alps, Italy): A "Reference section" for the Barremian-Aptian interval at low latitudes

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 371-391

  Erba, Elisabetta ^a   Channell, James E T ^b   Claps, Michele ^c   Jones, Charles ^d   Larson, Roger ^e   Opdyke, Bradley ^f   Premoli Silva, Isabella ^a   Riva, Angelo ^g   Salvini, Giovanni ^h   Torricelli, Stefano ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g AGIP SpA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

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