A coquinoid tsunamite from the Pliocene of Salento (SE Italy)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 221, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 7-18

  Massari, Francesco ^a   D'Alessandro, Assunta ^b   Davaud, Eric ^c  

^a Dipartimento di Geoscienze   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coquina; Pliocene; Sedimentology; Taphonomy; Tsunamite

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHELL; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAPHONOMY;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SALENTO; SALERNO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BIVALVIA; PANOPEA;

EID: 70349784918     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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