STABLE ISOTOPE STUDY OF THE CYCLIC DIATOMITE-CLAYSTONES FROM THE TRIPOLI FORMATION, SICILY - PRELUDE TO THE MESSINIAN SALINITY CRISIS
The Tripoli Formation, underlying the Messenian evaporites of Sicily, comprises cyclic alternations of diatomites and claystones that commonly contain dolomite. An oxygen- and carbon-isotope study on the carbonate component of the diatomaceous interbeds records normal marine conditions, whereas the...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1979
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