Paleoenvironmental changes during sapropel 19 (i-cycle 90) deposition: Evidences from geochemical, mineralogical and micropaleontological proxies in the mid-Pleistocene Montalbano Jonico land section (southern Italy)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 308-334

  Maiorano, Patrizia ^a   Aiello, Giuseppe ^b   Barra, Diana ^b   Di Leo, Paola ^c   Joannin, Sebastien ^d   Lirer, Fabrizio ^e   Marino, Maria ^a   Pappalardo, Anna ^c   Capotondi, Lucilla ^f   Ciaranfi, Neri ^a   Stefanelli, Simona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geochemistry and mineralogy; Micropaleontology; Mid Pleistocene; Sapropel 19; Southern Italy

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MINERALOGY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; SAPROPEL;

BASILICATA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MATERA; MONTALBANO JONICO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 37449012177     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.10.025     Document Type: Article

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