Integrated magnetobiostratigraphy of the middle Eocene-lower oligocene interval from the Monte Cagnero section, central Italy

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 373, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-95

  Jovane, Luigi ^a,b   Savian, Jairo F ^a,b   Coccioni, Rodolfo ^c   Frontalini, Fabrizio ^c   Bancalà, Giuseppe ^c   Catanzariti, Rita ^d   Luciani, Valeria ^e   Bohaty, Steven M ^a   Wilson, Paul A ^a   Florindo, Fabio ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^f ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; HEMATITE; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETITE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; TETHYS;

APENNINES; ITALY; UMBRIA-MARCHE BASIN;

EID: 84883270156     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP373.13     Document Type: Article

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