Provenance analysis of Oligocene autochthonous and allochthonous coralline algae: A quantitative approach towards reconstructing transported assemblages

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 201, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 89-111

  Rasser, Michael W ^a   Nebelsick, James H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbonate facies; Coralline algae (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta); Coralline algal assemblages; Northern Calcareous Alps; Oligocene; Palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CORALLINE ALGA; OLIGOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROVENANCE; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; TYROL;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; BRYOZOA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CORALLINACEAE; FORAMINIFERA; LITHOPORELLA MELOBESIOIDES; LITHOTHAMNION; MESOPHYLLUM; RHODOPHYTA; SPOROLITHON;

EID: 0345447143     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00512-1     Document Type: Article

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