Reading late Quaternary stratigraphy from cores: A practical approach to facies interpretation

GeoActa

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages 61-78

  Amorosi, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Core analysis; Facies interpretation; Late Quaternary; Po Plain; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PLAIN; CORE ANALYSIS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES ANALYSIS; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

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

EID: 33947237203     PISSN: 17218039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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