Stratigraphy and palaeoecology of Oligocene and Early Miocene sedimentary sequences of the Mesohellenic Basin (NW Greece)

CFS Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg

Volumn , Issue 248, 2004, Pages 1-55

  Wielandt Schuster, Ulrike ^a   Schuster, Frithjof ^a   Harzhauser, Mathias ^b   Mandic, Oleg ^c   Kroh, Andreas ^d   Rögi, Fred ^b   Reisinger, Johannes ^d   Liebtrau, Volker ^e   Steininger, Fritz F ^f   Piller, Werner E ^d  

^a Landesamt Geol Rohstoffe/Bergbau   (Germany)

^b NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^e GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^f SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Early Miocene; Fossil assemblages; Mesohellenic Basin; Oligocene; Palaeoenvironment; Sedimentary facies

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MESOHELLENIC BASIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ACROPORA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; ECHINOIDA; ECHINOIDEA; FORAMINIFERA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 10344233507     PISSN: 03414116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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