Abstract
A new chronology for the late Miocene of the Mediterranean is presented by combining magnetostratigraphic,
biostratigraphic (planktonic foraminifera and dinoflagellates) and cycle-stratigraphic data. Long and continuous upper
Miocene sections on Gavdos (Metochia section) and Sicily (Gibliscemi section) display cyclic alternations of homogeneous
marls and sapropels and can be correlated on the basis of
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