Unconformity-bounded stratigraphic units (UBSUs) in an Italian alluvial-plain area: Recognizing and dating

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 96-114

  De Santis, Vincenzo ^a   Caldara, Massimo ^a   Pennetta, Luigi ^a   Torres, Trinidad ^b   Ortiz, José Eugenio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b Madrid's School of Mines   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID RACEMIZATIONS; GEOLOGICAL SETTING; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; PALEO-ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTARY BODIES; SEDIMENTARY PROCESS; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; FILL; GEOCHRONOLOGY; OSTRACOD; OUTCROP; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION; SHELL; STRATIGRAPHY; UNCONFORMITY;

FOGGIA; ITALY; PUGLIA; TAVOLIERE;

OSTRACODA;

EID: 84874610308     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2013.7     Document Type: Article

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