Strontium stratigraphy of the Burdigalian transgression in the Western Mediterranean

Lethaia

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 315-328

  Brandano, Marco ^a   Policicchio, Giuseppe ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURDIGALIAN; EUSTACY; OUTCROP; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHALLOW WATER; STRONTIUM; TRANSGRESSION;

CORSE; FRANCE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); SARDINIA;

MIOGYPSINA GLOBULINA; PECTINIDAE; SARDINA;

EID: 84855833985     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2011.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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