Calcareous red algae as paleoenvironmental indicators: The example of the Latium-Abruzzi carbonate ramp (Burdigalian, Central Appennines);Le alghe rosse calcaree come indicatori paleoambientali: L'esempio della rampa carbonatica Laziale-Abruzzese (Burdigaliano, Appennino centrale)

Bollettino della Societa Geologica Italiana

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-69

  Brandano, Marco ^a   Vannucci, Grazia ^b   Mateu Vicens, Guillem ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Burdigalian; Carbonate ramp; Corallinales; Paleoecology; Rhodalgal

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947643558     PISSN: 00378763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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