Bio-magnetochronology for the upper campanian - maastrichtian from the Gubbio area, Italy: New results from the contessa highway and bottaccione sections

Newsletters on Stratigraphy

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-103

  Gardin, Silvia ^a   Galbrun, Bruno ^b   Thibault, Nicolas ^c   Coccioni, Rodolfo ^d   Silva, Isabella Premoli ^e  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bio magnetochronology; Calcareous plankton; Campanian maastrichtian; Gubbio; Italy

Indexed keywords

BIOCHRONOLOGY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMPANIAN; MAASTRICHTIAN; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; NANOFOSSIL; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

GUBBIO; ITALY; PERUGIA; UMBRIA;

EID: 84874359399     PISSN: 00780421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0078-0421/2012/0014     Document Type: Article

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