Stratigraphic paleoecology: Bathymetric signatures and sequence overprint of mollusk associations from upper Quaternary sequences of the Po Plain, Italy

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 989-992

  Scarponi, Daniele ^a   Kowalewski, Michal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Italy; Mollusks; Paleoecology; Po Plain; Quaternary; Sequence statigraphy

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC SIGNATURES; MOLLUSK SPECIES; PALEOECOLOGY;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BATHYMETRY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; MOLLUSC; PALEOECOLOGY; QUATERNARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PO PLAIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 9144252611     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20808.1     Document Type: Article

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