Paleoenvironmental and climatostratigraphic insights for Marine Isotope Stage 19 (Pleistocene) at the Montalbano Jonico succession, South Italy

Quaternary International

Volumn 383, Issue , 2015, Pages 104-115

  Marino, Maria ^a   Bertini, Adele ^b   Ciaranfi, Neri ^a   Aiello, Giuseppe ^c   Barra, Diana ^c   Gallicchio, Salvatore ^a   Girone, Angela ^a   La Perna, Rafael ^a   Lirer, Fabrizio ^d   Maiorano, Patrizia ^a   Petrosino, Paola ^c   Toti, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climatostratigraphy; Early Middle Pleistocene transition; MIS 19; Montalbano Jonico succession; Ostracods; Pollen

Indexed keywords

BRUNHES CHRON; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MATUYAMA CHRON; OSTRACOD; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALYNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BASILICATA; ITALY; MATERA; MONTALBANO JONICO;

AMARANTHACEAE; BONAPARTIA PEDALIOTA; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; EPHEDRA; NEOPYCNODONTE; OSTRACODA; QUERCUS;

EID: 84944511420     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.01.043     Document Type: Article

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