Palaeoceanography of the Miocene (Tortonian) deposits of the Pre-Apulian zone, western Greece, as recorded by foraminifer and stable isotope records

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 521-534

  Drinia, Hara ^a   Antonarakou, Assimina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

early Tortonian; Eastern Mediterranean; Foraminifers; Isotopes; Palaeoceanography

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBON ISOTOPE; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRATIGRAPHY; TORTONIAN;

ITALY; PUGLIA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84857235244     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-011-0684-9     Document Type: Article

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