The myth of the brackish Sarmatian Sea

Terra Nova

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 450-455

  Piller, Werner E ^a   Harzhauser, Mathias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BRACKISH WATER; MIOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOSALINITY;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BRYOZOA; CORALLINACEAE; DASYCLADACEAE; FORAMINIFERA; MOLLUSCA; PARATETHYS; SERPULIDAE;

EID: 33646398689     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2005.00632.x     Document Type: Article

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