Cyclostratigraphy of a carbonate platform as a tool for high-precision correlation

Tectonophysics

Volumn 315, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 357-384

  D'Argenio, Bruno ^a,b   Ferreri, Vittoria ^a   Raspini, Arturo ^a   Amodio, Sabrina ^a   Buonocunto, Francesco P ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbonate platform; High resolution correlation; Lower Cretaceous; Orbital cyclostratigraphy; Sequence stratigraphy; Southern Italy

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CRETACEOUS; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ITALY;

EID: 0033366611     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00290-5     Document Type: Article

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