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The Valle di Manche Section (Calabria, Southern Italy): A Candidate Section for the GSSP of the Ionian Stage (Middle Pleistocene Subseries)

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We present the key features of the Valle di Manche section (Calabria, southern Italy) and discuss the pros and cons of this stratigraphic succession as a candidate section for the GSSP of the Ionian Stage (Middle Pleistocene Subseries).

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  1. Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, Via G. Gradenigo 6, 35131, Padua, Italy

    Luca Capraro, Francesco Massari & Domenico Rio

  2. Department of Biological, Geological ed Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 3, 40126, Bologna, Italy

    Gian Battista Vai & Daniele Scarponi

  3. Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius Väg 8, 10691, Stockholm, Sweden

    Jan Backman

  4. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, P.O. Box 112120, Gainesville, FL, USA

    James E.T. Channell

  5. Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, Parco Area delle Scienze 7/A, 43124, Parma, Italy

    Maria Sgavetti

  6. IGG-CNR, Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, Via G. Gradenigo 6, 35131, Padua, Italy

    Fabio Tateo

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    Rogério Rocha

  2. Faculdade Ciências e Tecnologia Ciencias da Terra, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Grande Lisboa, Portugal

    João Pais

  3. Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Caparica, Grande Lisboa, Portugal

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  4. Geological Sciences, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, USA

    Stanley Finney

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Capraro, L. et al. (2014). The Valle di Manche Section (Calabria, Southern Italy): A Candidate Section for the GSSP of the Ionian Stage (Middle Pleistocene Subseries). In: Rocha, R., Pais, J., Kullberg, J., Finney, S. (eds) STRATI 2013. Springer Geology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04364-7_172

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