Subsurface magnetostratigraphy of Pleistocene sediments from the Po Plain (Italy): Constraints on rates of sedimentation and rock uplift

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 118, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 1299-1312

  Scardia, Giancarlo ^a,b   Muttoni, Giovanni ^b,c   Sciunnach, Dario ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b Alpine Laboratory of Paleomagnetism   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d Regione Lombardia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alps; Climate variability; Magnetostratigraphy; Pleistocene; Po Plain; Rock uplift

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; ROCK UPLIFT; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION RATES; SEDIMENTRAY FACIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDFORMS; ROCKS; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

CLIMATE VARIATION; CORE ANALYSIS; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; FACIES ANALYSIS; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SHALLOW WATER; UPLIFT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PO PLAIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750982383     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25869.1     Document Type: Article

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