Coralline red algal limestones of the late Eocene Alpine Foreland Basin in Upper Austria: Component analysis, facies and palecology

Facies

Volumn , Issue 42, 2000, Pages 59-92

  Rasser, Michael W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpine Foreland Basin; Bryozoa; Component analysis; Coralline algae; Facies; Larger foraminifera; Late Eocene; Microfacies analysis; Palecology; Paleogene; Peyssonneliacean algae; Red algal limestones; Rhodoliths; Upper Austria

Indexed keywords

CORALLINE ALGA; EOCENE; FACIES ANALYSIS; FORELAND BASIN; LIMESTONE; PALEOECOLOGY; RED ALGA;

AUSTRIA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; BRYOZOA; FORAMINIFERA; INVERTEBRATA; NUMMULITIDAE; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0033913169     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02562567     Document Type: Article

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