The plio-pleistocene fluvio-lacustrine upper valdarno basin (central Italy): Stratigraphy and Basin fill evolution

Italian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-32

  Fidolini, Francesco ^a   Ghinassi, Massimiliano ^b   Magi, Maurizio ^a   Papini, Mauro ^a   Sagri, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basin evolution; Northern Apennines; Plio Pleistocene; Upper Valdarno Basin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876084241     PISSN: 20381719     EISSN: 20381727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3301/IJG.2012.06     Document Type: Article

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