Biostratigraphy, chronostratigraphy and paleonvironmental reconstruction of the Palermo historical centre Quaternary succession

• Published in: Italian Journal of Geosciences
• Main Authors: INCARBONA, Alessandro, Contino, A, AGATE, Mauro, Bonomo, S, Calvi, F, DI STEFANO, Enrico, GIAMMARINARO, Maria Stella, Priulla, A, SPROVIERI, Rodolfo
• Other Authors: Incarbona, A, Agate, M, Di Stefano, E, Giammarinaro, MS, Sprovieri, R
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Palermo historical centre; calcareous nannofossils; biostratigraphy; Quaternary; Palermo; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/230589; https://doi.org/10.3301/IJG.2015.45

Marine deposits of the Palermo Plain were historically relevant for the Quaternary Period definition. Here we show lithostratigraphic, biostratigraphic and chronostratigraphic data collected on three boreholes in the Palermo historical centre that recovered 36.8, 42.0 and 52.0 metres of sediments ov...