Sedimentology and hydrodynamics of mixed (siliciclastic-bioclastic) shallow-marine deposits of Acerenza (Pliocene, Southern Apennines, Italy)

Italian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 136-151

  Chiarella, Domenico ^a,b   Longhitano, Sergio G ^a,b   Sabato, Luisa ^c   Tropeano, Marcello ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b Weatherford Petroleum Consultants AS   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mixed siliciclastic bioclastic segregated deposits; Pliocene; Shallow marine depositional processes; Southern Apennines; Tidal modulated currents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857564348     PISSN: 20381719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3301/IJG.2011.36     Document Type: Article

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