The Early Messinian Velona basin (Siena, central Italy): Paleoenvironmental and paleobiogeographical reconstructions

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 1-33

  Ghetti, P ^a   Anadon P ^b   Bertini, A ^c   Esu, D ^d   Gliozzi, E ^d,e   Rook, L ^c   Soulie Marsche I ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^f INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Continental basin; Early Messinian; Paleobiogeography; Paleoenvironmental reconstruction; Paleontological analyses; Sedimentology; Shell geochemistry

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MESSINIAN; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ITALY;

CHARACEAE; CHARALES; CUPRESSACEAE; MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 0036829941     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(02)00503-5     Document Type: Article

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