Millennial-scale depositional cycles from the Holocene of the Po Plain, Italy

Marine Geology

Volumn 222-223, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 7-18

  Amorosi, A ^a   Centineo, M C ^b   Colalongo, M L ^a   Fiorini, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Servizio Geologico   (Italy)

Author keywords

Foraminifers; Holocene; Ostracods; Parasequence; Po Plain

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERS; HOLOCENE; MICROPALAEONTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; OSTRACODS; PARASEQUENCE; PO PLAIN;

BOREHOLES; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARIES; GEOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFACES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; HOLOCENE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PO PLAIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

FORAMINIFERA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 27644536158     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.06.041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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