Biostratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental analyses of the Messinian/Zanclean boundary and Zanclean succession in the Moncucco quarry (Piedmont, northwestern Italy)

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-162

  Violanti, Donata ^a,b   Pierre, Francesco Dela ^a,b   Trenkwalder, Stefania ^b   Lozar, Francesca ^a   Clari, Pierangelo ^a   Irace, Andrea ^b   D'Atri, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Calcareous nannofossils; Foraminifers; Messinian; Ostracods; Palaeoenvironment; Piedmont; Zanclean

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FORAMINIFERA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MESSINIAN; MICROFOSSIL; NANOFOSSIL; OSTRACOD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTATION;

ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY];

ARGILLOECIA; BRIZALINA; CIBICIDOIDES KULLENBERGI; CIBICIDOIDES ROBERTSONIANUS; CYMBULA; EPONIDES PUSILLUS; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINA BULLOIDES; GLOBIGERINOIDES; GLOBOROTALIA; GLOBOROTALIA SCITULA; HOGLUNDINA ELEGANS; KRITHE; LOXOCORNICULINA DJAFAROVI; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA ACOSTAENSIS; OSTRACODA; PARLATORIA ZIZIPHI; RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICUS; SIPHONINA RETICULATA; SPHAEROIDINELLOPSIS; TRIQUETRORHABDULUS RUGOSUS; UVIGERINA PEREGRINA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 79955831652     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.182.2.149     Document Type: Article

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