A high-resolution stratigraphic framework for the latest Messinian events in the Mediterranean area

Stratigraphy

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 323-342

  Roveri, Marco ^a   Bertini, Adele ^b   Cosentino, Domenico ^d   Di Stefano, Agata ^c   Gennari, Rocco ^a   Gliozzi, Elsa ^d   Grossi, Francesca ^d   Iaccarino, Silvia Maria ^a   Lugli, Stefano ^e   Manzi, Vinicio ^a   Taviani, Marco ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^d ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^f CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; MESSINIAN; MODELING; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; UNCONFORMITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ZANCLEA;

EID: 58249084214     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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