Rhodolith-rich lithofacies of the Porto Badisco Calcarenites (upper Chattian, Salento, southern Italy)

Italian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 119-131

  Brandano, Marco ^a   Morsilli, Michele ^b   Vannucci, Grazia ^c   Parente, Mariano ^d   Bosellini, Francesca ^e   Mateu Vicens, Guillem ^f  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apulia Platform; Coralline algae; Larger benthic foraminifera; Oligocene; Rhodoliths; Southern Italy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960248945     PISSN: 20381719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3301/IJG.2009.10     Document Type: Article

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