Calabrian and Ionian: A proposal for the definition of Mediterranean stages for the Lower and Middle Pleistocene

Episodes

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 107-114

  Cita, Maria Bianca ^a   Capraro, Luca ^b   Ciaranfi, Neri ^c   Di Stefano, Enrico ^d   Marino, Maria ^c   Rio, Domenico ^b   Sprovieri, Rodolfo ^d   Vai, Gian Battista ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALABRIAN; NEOGENE; PLEISTOCENE; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746489409     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2006/v29i2/004     Document Type: Article

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