Distribution of the calcareous nannofossil Reticulofenestra asanoi within the Early-Middle Pleistocene transition in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean: Correlation with magneto- and oxygen isotope stratigraphy

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 247, Issue , 2005, Pages 117-130

  Reale, Viviana ^a   Monechi, Simonetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; NANOFOSSIL; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

GEPHYROCAPSA; RETICULOFENESTRA;

EID: 31344474043     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.247.01.06     Document Type: Article

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