New stratigraphical data on the Middle-Late Jurassic biosiliceous sediments from the Sicanian basin, Western Sicily (Italy)

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 415-429

  Chiari, Marco ^a   Stefano, Pietro ^b   Parisi, Guido ^c  

^a SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basalts; Biostratigraphy; Cherts; Middle LateJurassic; Radiolarians; Sicily

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHERT; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; JURASSIC; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION; THRUST; DATA SET; EUTROPHICATION; RADIOLARIA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

RADIOLARIA (PROTOZOANS);

EID: 54049158840     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-008-1276-y     Document Type: Article

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