The birth of the Paratethys during the Early Oligocene: From Tethys to an ancient Black Sea analogue?

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 49, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 163-176

  Schulz, H M ^a   Bechtel, A ^b   Sachsenhofer, R F ^b  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Circulation; Estuarine; Oligocene; Organic carbon; Paratethys

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; OLIGOCENE; ORGANIC CARBON;

BLACK SEA; EURASIA;

EID: 28444432400     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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