PALEOMAGNETIC AND PALYNOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE UPPER VALDARNO BASIN (CENTRAL ITALY): CALIBRATION OF AN EARLY VILLAFRANCHIAN FAUNA

The silty clays embedding an early Villafranchian mammal fauna of the Triversa faunal unit (f.u.) have been paleomagnetically and palynologically studied in a continuous sequence exposed in the Santa Barbara quarry.The study has allowed to date the earliest occurrence in Italy of a faunal assemblage...

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Main Authors: ANDREA ALBIANELLI, AUGUSTO AZZAROLI, ADELE BERTINI, GIOVANNI FICCARELLI, GIOVANNI NAPOLEONE, DANILO TORRE
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università degli Studi di Milano 1997-03-01
Series:Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/5285