From shelf to abyss: Record of the Paleocene/Eocene-boundary in the Eastern Alps (Austria)

Geologica Acta

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 215-227

  Egger, Hans ^a   Heilmann Clausen, Claus ^b   Schmitz, Birger ^c  

^a ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannoplankton; Carbon isotopes; Eocene; Northwestern Tethys; Paleocene; Palynomorphs

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL ZONE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARKER BED; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALYNOMORPH; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TETHYS; TRANSGRESSION; TURBIDITE;

ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; PENNINE BASIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 62249218124     PISSN: 16956133     EISSN: 16965728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1344/105.000000266     Document Type: Article

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