The Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) of the Carnian Stage (Late Triassic) at Prati di Stuores/Stuores Wiesen Section (Southern Alps, NE Italy)

Episodes

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 414-430

  Mietto, Paolo ^a   Manfrin, Stefano ^a   Preto, Nereo ^a   Rigo, Manuel ^a,b   Roghi, Guido ^b   Furin, Stefano ^c   Gianolla, Piero ^c   Posenato, Renato ^c   Muttoni, Giovanni ^d   Nicora, Alda ^d   Buratti, Nicoletta ^e   Cirilli, Simonetta ^e   Spötl, Christoph ^f   Ramezani, Jahandar ^g   Bowring, Samuel A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; AMMONITE; BIOMARKER; CARNIAN; CONODONT; DEPOSITION; DOLOMITE; STRATIGRAPHY; TURBIDITE;

ALPS; BELLUNO; ITALY; VENETO;

AMMONOIDEA; PARAGONDOLELLA POLYGNATHIFORMIS;

EID: 84879193452     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2012/v35i3/003     Document Type: Article

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