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Age of the Plio-Pleistocene boundary in the Vrica section, southern Italy (Dataset)
Paleomagnetic, rock magnetic, or geomagnetic data found in the MagIC data repository from a paper titled: Age of the Plio-Pleistocene boundary in the Vrica section, southern Italy
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- Award ID(s):
- 2126298
- PAR ID:
- 10558620
- Publisher / Repository:
- Magnetics Information Consortium (MagIC)
- Date Published:
- Subject(s) / Keyword(s):
- Sedimentary Sediment Layer Silty Claystone Marine Marls 1500000 2300000 Years BP
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Location:
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- Right(s):
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
- Institution:
- LDEO Paleomagnetics Lab Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, USA
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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