Formai ratification of the GSSP for the base of the Calabrian Stage (second stage of the Pleistocene Series, Quaternary System)

Episodes

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 338-397

  Cita, Maria Bianca ^a   Gibbard, Philip L ^b   Head, Martin J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CALABRIAN; CLAYSTONE; LITHOLOGY; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STRATIGRAPHY;

CALABRIA; ITALY;

GEPHYROCAPSA; GLOBIGERINOIDES TENNELLUS; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA PACHYDERMA;

EID: 84873722813     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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