Late Quaternary incision and deposition in an active volcanic setting: The Volturno valley fill, southern Italy

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 282, Issue , 2012, Pages 307-320

  Amorosi, Alessandro ^a   Pacifico, Annamaria ^b   Rossi, Veronica ^a   Ruberti, Daniela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Foraminifer and ostracod analysis; Incised valley; Quaternary; Sequence stratigraphy; Volturno River

Indexed keywords

CAMPANIA; COASTAL PLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSITS; FORAMINIFER AND OSTRACOD ANALYSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HOLOCENES; INCISED VALLEY; LATE QUATERNARY; MEIOFAUNA; PALAEOTOPOGRAPHY; PROGRADATION; QUATERNARY; RAVINEMENT; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SOUTHERN ITALY; STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE; STRATIGRAPHIC MARKERS; VESUVIUS; VOLCANIC DISTRICT; VOLCANIC SETTINGS;

ANIMALS; DEPOSITS; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY;

VOLCANOES;

COASTAL PLAIN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EMPLACEMENT; FACIES ANALYSIS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FORAMINIFERA; IGNIMBRITE; INCISED VALLEY; OSTRACOD; PALEONTOLOGY; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; PROGRADATION; QUATERNARY; TUFF; VALLEY FILL;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; VESUVIUS; VOLTURNO RIVER;

FORAMINIFERA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 84870426555     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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