Stratigraphy and sedimentology of phosphate-rich sediments in Malta and south-eastern Sicily (latest Oligocene to early Late Miocene)

Sedimentology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1029-1051

  Föllmi, Karl B ^a   Gertsch, B ^a,b   Renevey, J P ^a   De Kaenel, E ^c   Stille, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DeKaenel Paleo Research   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Eastern Mediterranean; Latest Oligocene; Malta; Miocene; Phosphate richs ediments; Phosphogenesis; Sicily

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITION; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOGENESIS; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MALTA; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 47649104322     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2007.00935.x     Document Type: Article

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