Microtidal straits: Outcrop analogues from Calabria, south Italy

Rendiconti Online Societa Geologica Italiana

Volumn 21, Issue PART 2, 2012, Pages 937-939

  Longhitano, Sergio G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cross stratification; Depositional model; Microtidal straits; Sedimentary infill

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872346394     PISSN: 20358008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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