Sequence stratigraphy of a lowstand prograding complex, middle-upper Pliocene Ariano Unit, Potenza Basin (Southern Apennines, Italy)

GeoActa

Volumn , Issue 1, 2008, Pages 139-155

  Longhitano, Sergio G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coarse grained delta; Eustasy; Potenza Basin; Sequence stratigraphy; Uplift

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749145561     PISSN: 17218039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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