Pollen and macrofossil analyses of Pliocene lacustrine sediments (Salto river valley, Central Italy)

Quaternary International

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-57

  Sadori, Laura ^a   Giardini, Marco ^a   Chiarini, Edi ^b   Mattei, Massimo ^c   Papasodaro, Felicia ^b   Porreca, Massimiliano ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; FACIES; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; FOSSIL RECORD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALYNOLOGY; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TAXONOMY;

APENNINES; ITALY;

ABIES; ACER; CARPINUS; CARYA; CATHAYA; CEDRUS; ENGELHARDIA; FAGUS; GYMNOSPERMAE; HEDERA; LIQUIDAMBAR; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NYSSA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PTEROCARYA; QUERCUS; RHOIPTELEA; TAXODIUM; TSUGA; ULMUS; ZELKOVA;

EID: 77955768641     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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