A magnetostratigraphic study of the onset of the Mediterranean Messinian salility crisis; Caltanissetta basin, Sicily

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 105, Issue , 1996, Pages 205-217

  McClelland, E ^a   Finegan, B ^a   Butler, R W H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 5844391962     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.105.01.19     Document Type: Article

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