Quaternary chroriostratigraphy and the establishment of related standards

Episodes

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 264-267

  Abbate, E ^b   Cassinis, G ^b   Castradori, D ^a   Catalano, R ^b   Cita, M B ^b   Conti, M A ^b   Cresta, S ^b   Gaetani, M ^b   Pampaloni, L ^b   Orombelli, G ^b   Parotto, M ^b   Pavia, G ^b   Silva, I Premoli ^b   Rio, D ^b   Simone, L ^b   Sprovieri, R ^b   Vai, G B ^b  

^a ENI S P A   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; HARBOR; MARINE SEDIMENT; QUATERNARY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 0242347337     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2002/v25i4/008     Document Type: Article

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