The Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) of the Messinian Stage (uppermost Miocene)

Episodes

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 172-178

  Hilgen, Frederik J ^c   Iaccarino, Silvia M ^a   Krijgsman, Wout ^b   Villa, Giulina ^a   Langereis, Cor G ^b   Zachariasse, Willem J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Paleomagnetic Laboratory Utrecht   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Biology   (Netherlands)

^d NONE

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EID: 0034408332     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2000/v23i3/004     Document Type: Article

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