Calcareous nannofossils and foraminifers herald the Messinian Salinity Crisis: The Pollenzo section (Alba, Cuneo; NW Italy)

Geobios

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-32

  Lozar, Francesca ^a   Violanti, Donata ^a,b   Pierre, Francesco Dela ^a,b   Bernardi, Elisa ^a   Cavagna, Simona ^a   Clari, Pierangelo ^a   Irace, Andrea ^b   Martinetto, Edoardo ^a   Trenkwalder, Stefania ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannofossils; Foraminifers; Messinian; Salinity crisis; Tertiary Piedmont basin

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS ALGA; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FORAMINIFERA; MESSINIAN; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; NANOFOSSIL; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TAXONOMY; TERTIARY;

EMILIA-ROMAGNA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PIEDMONT BASIN; RAVENNA [EMILIA-ROMAGNA]; VENA DEL GESSO;

ABIES; AMAUROLITHUS; DISCOASTER; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBOROTALIA CONOMIOZEA; HELICOSPHAERA CARTERI; JAPONICA; PONTOSPHAERA; RETICULOFENESTRA; SPHENOLITHUS ABIES;

EID: 76749145091     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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