The Messinian problem in the Pannonian Basin, Eastern Hungary - Insights from stratigraphic simulations

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 201, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 111-140

  Csato, Istvan ^a   Kendall, Christopher G St C ^b   Moore, Phil D ^b  

^a Department of Geology and Environmental Science   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Galeacysta etrusca; Messinian; Pannonian Basin; Salinity crisis; Stratigraphic modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; LAKE WATER; MESSINIAN; SALINITY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; UNCONFORMITY; UPLIFT; WATER LEVEL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; PANNONIAN BASIN;

EID: 34548335100     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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