Magnetostratigraphy and revised chronology of the late Miocene mammal localities of Samos, Greece

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 779-794

  Kostopoulos, Dimitris S ^a   Sen, Sevket ^b   Koufos, George D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Greece; Late Miocene; Magnetostratigraphy; Mammal biochronology; Samos

Indexed keywords

BIOCHRONOLOGY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAMMAL; MIOCENE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; NORTHERN AEGEAN; SAMOS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 1342327831     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-003-0353-8     Document Type: Article

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