Facies analysis, stratigraphy and palaeontology (Molluscs and Vertebrates) in the Upper Pliocene sandy flood-basin deposits of the Upper Valdarno Basin (Northern Apennines)

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 467-487

  Ghinassi, Massimiliano ^a   Abbazzi, Laura ^a   Esu, Daniela ^b   Gaudant, Jean ^c   Girotti, Odoardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Climate changes; Facies analysis; Fishes; Freshwater molluscs; Middle Late Pliocene; Small mammals; Stratigraphy; Valdarno Basin

Indexed keywords

FACIES ANALYSIS; FLOOD DEPOSIT; PALEONTOLOGY; PLIOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

MAMMALIA; MIMOMYS; MOLLUSCA; MUGILIDAE; PISCES; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 30844439906     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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