Long-period orbital control on middle Miocene global cooling: Integrated stratigraphy and astronomical tuning of the Blue Clay Formation on Malta

Paleoceanography

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Abels, H A ^a   Hilgen, F J ^a   Krijgsman, W ^a   Kruk, R W ^a   Raffi, I ^b   Turco, Elena ^c   Zachariasse, W J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; ORBITAL FORCING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MALTA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

GLOBIGERINA;

EID: 32944474002     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004PA001129     Document Type: Article

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