Vrica-Crotone and Montalbano Jonico sections: A potential unit-stratotype of the Calabrian Stage

Episodes

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 218-233

  Maiorano, P ^a   Capotondi, L ^b   Ciaranfi, N ^a   Girone, A ^a   Lirer, F ^c   Marino, M ^a   Pelosi, N ^c   Petrosino, P ^d   Piscitelli, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BRUNHES CHRON; CALABRIAN; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MATUYAMA CHRON; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; STRATOTYPE; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; AGE DETERMINATION; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; SEDIMENT CORE;

BASILICATA; CALABRIA; ITALY; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CROTONE; MATERA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MONTALBANO JONICO;

EID: 79957631816     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2010/v33i4/001     Document Type: Article

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