Mediterranean neogene stratigraphy: Development and evolution through the centuries

Sedimentology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-62

  Cita, Maria Bianca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deep Sea Drilling; Mediterranean; Neogene; Stages; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA DRILLING PROJECT; FAUNA; FOSSIL RECORD; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; NEOGENE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PALEONTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

INVERTEBRATA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 58149203389     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2008.01025.x     Document Type: Article

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