The Middle Pleistocene deposits of the Roman basin (Latium, Italy): An integrated approach of mammal biochronology and sequence stratigraphy

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 559-569

  Milli, Salvatore ^a,b,c   Palombo, Maria Rita ^a,b,c   Petronio, Carmelo ^a,b   Sardella, Raffaele ^a,b,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Istituto Italiano di Paleontologia Umana   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fossil record; Italy; Mammal biochrology; Pleistocene; Roman basin; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BASIN FILL; BIOCHRONOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 3843071227     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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