Cyclic changes in oxygenation based on foraminiferal microhabitats: Early–Middle Pleistocene, Lucania Basin (southern Italy)

Stefanelli, Simona

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01 May 2004

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Cyclic changes in oxygenation based on foraminiferal microhabitats: Early–Middle Pleistocene, Lucania Basin (southern Italy)

Simona Stefanelli

Geology and Geophysics Department, University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy (e-mail: )

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