The Messinian "Calcare di Base" (Sicily, Italy) revisited

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 347-370

  Manzi, Vinicio ^a,d   Lugli, Stefano ^b   Roveri, Marco ^a,d   Schreiber, B Charlotte ^c   Gennari, Rocco ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Alpine Laboratory of Paleomagnetism   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL SULFATE REDUCTION; DIAGENETIC PROCESS; DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE; EVAPORITES; GRAVITY FLOWS; MESSINIAN; MESSINIAN SALINITY CRISIS;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); CARBONATION; EROSION; GYPSUM; LIMESTONE; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; STRATIGRAPHY; SULFUR;

DEPOSITS;

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAGENESIS; EROSION; FACIES; GYPSUM; LIMESTONE; MESSINIAN; SALINITY; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79251475241     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30262.1     Document Type: Article

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