Integrating sedimentological and palaeopedological data for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction: Examples from the Plio-Pleistocene Upper Valdarno Basin (Northern Apennines, Italy)

Italian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 149-166

  Fidolini, Francesco ^a   Andreetta, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Facies analysis; Palaeosols; Plio Pleistocene; Sedimentary environments; Upper Valdarno Basin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876085480     PISSN: 20381719     EISSN: 20381727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3301/IJG.2012.26     Document Type: Article

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