Ichnofossils from the type area of the grund formation (Miocene, Lower Badenian) in northern lower Austria (Molasse Basin)

Geologica Carpathica

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-110

  Pervesler, Peter ^a   Uchman, Alfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Austria; Chemosymbiotic structures; Miocene; Molasse; Storm deposits; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

BADENIAN; ICHNOFACIES; PALEOENVIRONMENT; STORM DEPOSIT; TRACE FOSSIL;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MOLASSE BASIN;

EID: 3042743636     PISSN: 13350552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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