Umbria-Marche revisited: A refined magnetostratigraphic calibration of dinoflagellate cyst events for the Oligocene of the Western Tethys

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 158, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 213-235

  Pross, Jörg ^a   Houben, Alexander J P ^b   van Simaeys, Stefaan ^c   Williams, Graham L ^d   Kotthoff, Ulrich ^a   Coccioni, Rodolfo ^e   Wilpshaar, Martin ^f   Brinkhuis, Henk ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Exxon Mobil Exploration   (Indonesia)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^f WINTERSHALL HOLDING GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

biostratigraphy; dinoflagellates; Italy; Oligocene; Paleogene; Tethys

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; OLIGOCENE; OUTCROP; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TETHYS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UMBRIA-MARCHE BASIN;

DEFLANDREA; DINOPHYCEAE; LINGULODINIUM MACHAEROPHORUM;

EID: 71949101395     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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