The non-marine molluscs of the Plio-Pleistocene Upper Valdarno Basin (Tuscany, central Italy): Depositional environments, palaeoecology and biochronology

Italian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 126-136

  Esu, Daniela ^a   Ghinassi, Massimiliano ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biochronology; Central Italy; Non marine molluscs; Palaeoecology; Pleistocene; Pliocene; Sedimentary features; Upper Valdarno

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876070994     PISSN: 20381719     EISSN: 20381727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3301/IJG.2012.22     Document Type: Article

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