Geochemistry and palaeoenvironmental significance of Upper Cretaceous clay-rich beds from the Peri-Adriatic Apulia carbonate Platform, southern Italy

Periodico di Mineralogia

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 165-183

  Morelli, Francesco ^a   Cullers, Robert ^b   Laviano, Rocco ^a   Mongelli, Giovanni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bauxite; Carbonate platform; Clay rich beds; Geochemistry; Wind borne dust

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548778716     PISSN: 03698963     EISSN: 22391002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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