Microfacies of detrital event layers deposited in Quaternary varved lake sediments of the Piànico-Sèllere Basin (northern Italy)

Sedimentology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 927-943

  Mangili, C ^a   Brauer, A ^a   Moscariello, A ^b   Naumann, R ^c  

^a Section 33   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Section 42   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcite varves; Detrital layer; Intra basin correlation; Northern Italy

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MICROFACIES; VARVE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745267239     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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