Stratigraphy and sedimentology of fault-controlled backstepping shorefaces, middle Pliocene of Crotone Basin, Southern Italy

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 176, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 281-303

  Mellere, Donatella ^a   Zecchin, Massimo ^b   Perale, Chiara ^c  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b Universitû degli Studi di Padova ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Backstepping shorefaces; Crotone Basin; Lagoonal deposits; Middle Pliocene

Indexed keywords

LAGOONAL SEDIMENTATION; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT;

CALABRIA; CROTONE BASIN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 18344365018     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.01.010     Document Type: Article

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