The Lombardian Gonfolite Group in central Brianza (Como and Milano Provinces, Italy): Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy and sedimentary record of neo-alpine tectonics

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 119-131

  Sciunnach, Dario ^a   Tremolada, Fabrizio ^b  

^a Struttura Sistema Informativo Territoriale   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy; Foredeep turbidites; Miocene; Neo alpine tectonics; Provenance; Southern alps

Indexed keywords

ALPINE OROGENY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; NANOFOSSIL; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT;

COMO; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LOMBARDY; MILANO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

TORTONIA;

EID: 3242875719     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-004-1108-7     Document Type: Article

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