Mixed carbonate-siliclastic sediments and benthic foraminiferal assemblages from Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows of the central Tyrrhenian continental shelf (Latium, Italy)

Italian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 352-369

  Frezza, Virgilio ^a   Mateu Vicens, Guillem ^a,b   Gaglianone, Giovanni ^a   Baldassarre, Alessio ^a   Brandano, Marco ^a,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Facies; Mixed carbonate siliciclastic; Seagrass; Tyrrhenian Sea

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855329307     PISSN: 20381719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3301/IJG.2011.07     Document Type: Article

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