The Miocene vertebrate-bearing deposits of Scontrone (Abruzzo, Central Italy): Stratigraphic and paleoenvironmental analysis

Geobios

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 5-23

  Patacca, Etta ^a   Scandone, Paolo ^a   Carnevale, Giorgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbonate microfacies; Central Apennines; Lithothamnion Limestone; Marginal marine carbonates; Scontrone calcarenites; Stratigraphy; Tortonian

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE RAMP; FOSSIL RECORD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROFACIES; MIOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SKELETAL REMAINS; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TORTONIAN; TRANSGRESSION; VERTEBRATE;

ABRUZZI; GARGANO PROMONTORY; ITALY; L'AQUILA; PUGLIA; SCONTRONE;

LITHOTHAMNION; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84875544122     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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