Orbital forcing recorded in subtidal cycles from a Lower Miocene siliciclastic-carbonate ramp system (Central Italy)

Terra Nova

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 434-441

  Brandano, Marco ^a   Corda, Laura ^a,b   Mariotti, Goffredo ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FACIES; MIOCENE; ORBITAL FORCING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745240955     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2005.00630.x     Document Type: Article

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