Integrated analyses of litho- and biofacies in a Pliocene cyclothemic, alluvial to shallow marine succession (Tuscany, Italy)

Geobios

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-158

  Benvenuti, Marco ^a   Bertini, Adele ^a   Conti, Cristina ^b   Dominici, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Agenzia Regionale Protezione Ambientale Toscana   (Italy)

Author keywords

Facies analysis; Foraminifera; Palynomorphs; Pliocene; Sequence stratigraphy; Shell beds

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; BIOFACIES; CYCLICITY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FACIES ANALYSIS; GLACIOEUSTACY; LITHOFACIES; PLIOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY; VALDELSA BASIN;

FORAMINIFERA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 34147123173     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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