Aguirre, E. and Pasini, G., 1985. The Pliocene - Pleistocene Boundary. Episodes, 8/2, 116 - 120

Angelucci D.E. 2004/05. Il Quaternario - Università degli Studi di Trento - A.A. 2004/05 Corso di Laurea in Scienze dei Beni Culturali Corso Metodologia della ricerca archeologica Modulo D) Introduzione alla Geoarcheologia.

Arnaboldi, M.; Meyers, P. A.; Negri, A.; Robinson, R. S. 2201. Geochemical Comparison of Late Pliocene Sapropels from Vrica (Calabria) and ODP Site 964. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting

Backman, J., Shackleton, N. J. and Tauxe, L. 1983. Quantitative nannofossil correlation to open ocean deep-sea sections from Pliocene-Pleistocene boundary at Vrica, Italy. Nature, 304: 156–158.

Barbieri M., Castorina F., Colalongo M.L., Pasini G.,  Vaiani S.C., 1998. Worldwide correlation of the Pliocene/Pleistocene GSSP at Vrica (Southern Italy) confirmed by strontium isotope stratigraphy. Newsletters on Stratigraphy, Volume 36, Number 2/3 . p. 177-187

Bassett, M. G., 1985. Towards a "Common Language" in Stratigraphy. Episodes, 8/2, 87

Ciaranfi, N., D’Alessandro, A., Girone, G., Maiorano, P., Marino, M., Soldani, D. and Stefanelli, S., 2001. Pleistocene sections in the Montalbano Jonico area and the potential GSSP for Early-Middle Pleistocene in the Lucania Basin (Southern Italy). Mem. Sci. Geol., 53, 67-83.

Cita, M. B., Capraro, L., Ciaranfi, N., Di Stefano, E., Marino, M., Rio, D., Sprovieri, R. and Vai, G. B., 2006. Calabrian and Ionian: A proposal for the definition of Mediterranean stages for Lower and Middle Pleistocene. Episodes, 29(2), 107-114.

Cleaveland, Laura C.,  Herbert, Timothy D. 2007. PRESERVATION OF THE ALKENONE PALEOTEMPERATURE PROXY IN UPLIFTED MARINE SEQUENCES: A TEST FROM THE VRICA OUTCROP, CROTONE, ITALY. GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)

Girone A., Nolf D., Cappetta H. 2006. Pleistocene fish otoliths from the Mediterranean Basin: a synthesis. Geobios Volume 39, Issue 5, p. 651-671

Howell, M. H., Rio, D. and Thunell, R., 1990, Laminated sediments from the Vrica section (Calabria, southern Italy): evidence for Plio-Pleistocene warming and cooling trends in the Mediterranean region: Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology, v. 78, pp. 195-216.

Howell, M. H., Rio, D. and Thunell, R., 1990, Laminated sediments from the Vrica section (Calabria, southern Italy): evidence for Plio-Pleistocene warming and cooling trends in the Mediterranean region: Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology, v. 78, pp. 195-216

INTERNATIONAL SUBCOMMISSION ON STRATIGRAPHIC CLASSIFICATION OF IUGS INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON STRATIGRAPHY CIRCULAR NO. 94 May 24, 1999

Italian Commission on Stratigraphy, 2002. Quaternary chronostratigraphy and the establishment of related standards. Episodes 25, 264–267

Lourens, L. J., Hilgen, F. J., Ra_, I. & Vergnaud-Grazzini, C. 1997 Early Pleistocene chronology
of the Vrica section (Calabria, Italy). Paleoceanography 11, 797{812.

Lourens, L., Hilgen, F., Shackleton, N. J., Laskar, J. and Wilson, D., 2004. The Neogene Period. In: A Geological Time Scale (Gradstein, F. M., Ogg. J. G., Smith, A. G., eds.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 409-440.

Lourens, L.J., Hilgen, F.J., Raffi, I., and Vergnaud-Grazzini, C., 1996, Early Pleistocene chronology of the Vrica section (Calabria, Italy):Paleoceanography, v. 11, pp. 797-812.

Ogg J. 2004. Introduction to concepts and proposed standardization of the term “Quaternary” - Episodes, Vol. 27, no. 2

Pasini, G. & Colalongo, M. L. 1996 The Pliocene{Pleistocene boundary-stratotype at Vrica, Italy. In The Pleistocene boundary and the beginning of the Quaternary (ed. J. A. van Couvering), pp. 15{45. Cambridge University Press.

Pasini, G. and Colalongo, M.L., 1982, Status of research on the Vrica section (Calabria , Italy), the proposed Neogene/Quaternary boundary-stratotipe section: in 1982 Report at XI INQUA Congress, Pitagora-Tecnoprint. pp. 1-75.

Quaternary AUSTRALASIA . 2006. Volume 24 Number 1

Rio, D., Sprovieri, R., Castradori, D., Di Stefano, E., 1998. The Gelasian Stage (Upper Pliocene): a new unit of the global standard chronostratigraphic scale. Episodes 21, 82–87

Selli, R., Accorsi, C.A., Bandini Mazzanti, M., Bertolani Marchetti, D., Bonadonna, F.P., Borsetti, A.M., Cati, F., Colalongo, M.L., d’Onofrio, S., Landini, W., Menesini, E., Mezzetti, R., Pasini, G., Savelli, G. and Tampieri, R., 1977, The Vrica section (Calabria). A potential Neogene-Quaternary boundary stratotype: G. Geol., v. 41, pp. 181-204.

Tauxe, L., Opdyke, N.D., Pasini, G.C. and Elmi, C., 1983, Age of the Plio- Pleistocene boundary in the Vrica section, Southern Italy: Nature, v. 304, pp. 125-129.

Tauxe, L., Opdyke, N. D., Pasini, G. and Elmi, C. 1983. Age of the Pliocene-Pleistocene boundary in the Vrica section, southern Italy. Nature, 304, p.125–129.

The Pleistocene Boundary and the Beginning of the Quaternary. 2004.  Series: World and Regional Geology (No. 9) Edited by John A. Van Couvering. American Museum of Natural History, New York

Van Couvering J. A. - The Pleistocene Boundary and the Beginning of the Quaternary - Final report of the International Geological Correlation Program-Project 41: Neogene/Quaternary Boundary - American Museum of Natural History, New York – CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Van Couvering, J.A., 1997 (ed.), The Pleistocene Boundary and the Beginning of the Quaternary. Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-296.