Stratigraphy and strontium geochemistry of Messinian evaporite-bearing successions of the southern Apennines foredeep, Italy: Implications for the Mediterranean "salinity crisis" and regional palaeogeography

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 217, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 87-114

  Matano, F ^a   Barbieri, M ^b   Di Nocera, S ^a   Torre, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

evaporites; foreland basin system; Messinian salinity crisis; southern Italy; stratigraphy; strontium isotopes

Indexed keywords

EVAPORITE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MESSINIAN; MIOCENE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SALINITY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRONTIUM;

APENNINES; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 12944276913     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.11.017     Document Type: Article

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