@article{3018658, title = "Biostratigraphical observations in Pliocene deposits of Heraklion Province, Crete. Skythia section", author = "Dermitzakis, M.D. and Triantaphyllou, M.V.", journal = "Geologie Mediterraneenne", year = "1997", volume = "24", number = "1-2", pages = "15-26", publisher = "UNIVERSITE DE PROVENCE", doi = "10.3406/geolm.1997.1596", keywords = "biostratigraphy; nannofossil; Pliocene, Greece, Foraminifera; Mollusca", abstract = "Calcareous nannofossils, planktonic foraminifera and mollusc associations have been studied in order to define the biostratigraphical and chronostratigraphical position of a sequence of marly and diatomaceous Neogene sediments (Skythia section, Heraklion province, central Crete). The integrated analysis indicates a Pliocene (Lower Piacenzian) age. Additional paleoecological observations certify the presence of a rather shallow warm-temperate depositional environment." }