NEW' DATA ON PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA BIOSTRATIGRAPHY FROM THE NEOGENE OF THE GARGANO PENINSULA (FOGGIA, SOUTHERN ITALY)

This paper concerns detailed analyses on planktonic foraminifera biostratigraphy of a section outcropping in the area of Poggio Imperiale, the western side of Gargano (FG) The sediments overlying the mesozoic carbonate platform have been assigned to Globorotalia puncticulata Zone (Early Pliocene) an...

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Published in:RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA
Main Author: GIGLIOLA, VALLERI
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2020
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Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/13326
https://doi.org/10.54103/2039-4942/13326
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Summary:This paper concerns detailed analyses on planktonic foraminifera biostratigraphy of a section outcropping in the area of Poggio Imperiale, the western side of Gargano (FG) The sediments overlying the mesozoic carbonate platform have been assigned to Globorotalia puncticulata Zone (Early Pliocene) and to Globorotalia inflata Zone (Late Pliocene). A Middle Pliocene stratigraphic gap has been recognised.