The Messinian reef complex of the Salento Peninsula (southern Italy): Stratigraphy, facies and Paleoenvironmental interpretation

Facies

Volumn , Issue 47, 2002, Pages 91-112

  Bosellini, Francesca R ^a   Russo, Antonio ^a   Vescogni, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Facies; Late Miocene (Messinian); Paleoecology; Reefs; Southern Italy; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

FACIES ANALYSIS; MESSINIAN; MIOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; REEF FORMATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

ITALY; PUGLIA; SALENTO PENINSULA;

ANTHOZOA; HALIMEDA; PORITES; VERMETIDAE;

EID: 0036907342     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02667708     Document Type: Article

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