Ichnocoenoses in the Oligocene to Miocene foredeep basins (Northern Apennines, central Italy) and their relation to turbidite deposition

Acta Geologica Polonica

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-70

  Monaco, Paolo ^a   Milighetti, Marco ^b   Checconi, Alessio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Burrows; Foredeep basins; Ichnocoenoses; Italy; Northern apennines; Trace fossils; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

BURROW; FOREARC BASIN; ICHNOLOGY; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; TRACE FOSSIL; TURBIDITE;

APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 77749337490     PISSN: 00015709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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