Spatial and temporal distribution of calcareous nannofossils along a proximal-distal transect in the Lower Jurassic of the Umbria-Marche Basin (central Italy)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 205, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 295-316

  Mattioli, Emanuela ^a   Pittet, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Anoxic event; Calcareous nannofossils; Early Jurassic; Environmental evolution; Palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; JURASSIC; NANOFOSSIL; PALEOECOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UMBRIA-MARCHE BASIN;

AMMONOIDEA; BISCUTUM;

EID: 1842485884     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2003.12.013     Document Type: Article

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