Cretaceous brachiopod-rich facies of the carbonate platform-to-basin transitions in southern Italy: Stratigraphic and paleoenvironmental significance

Bollettino della Societa Geologica Italiana

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 407-422

  Graziano, Roberto ^a   Taddei, Emma Ruggiero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brachiopods; Carbonate platforms basin transitions; Cretaceous; Drowning events; Oceanic anoxic events; Southern italy

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749110329     PISSN: 00378763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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