Vertebrate-rich Plattenkalk of Pietraroia (Lower Cretaceous, Southern Apennines, Italy): A new model

Facies

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 555-577

  Carannante, Gabriele ^a   Signore, Marco ^a   Vigorito, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lower Cretaceous; Plattenkalk; Southern Apennines; Submarine channels; Syn sedimentary tectonics; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

CHERT; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITION; FOSSIL; LIMESTONE; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; TAPHONOMY; TRANSGRESSION; VERTEBRATE;

APENNINES; CAMPANIA [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MATESE MOUNTAINS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33750694227     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-006-0075-z     Document Type: Article

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