Crustose algal frameworks from the Eocene Alpine Foreland

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 206, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 21-39

  Rasser, Michael W ^a   Piller, Werner E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Algal reefs; Corallinaceae (Coralline algae); Crustose algal frameworks; Eastern Alpine Foreland; Late Eocene; Peyssonneliaceae

Indexed keywords

ALGAL MAT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EOCENE; LIMESTONE; SHALLOW WATER;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CORALLINACEAE; LITHOTHAMNION; NEOGONIOLITHON; PEYSSONNELIACEAE; PHYMATOLITHON; POLYSTRATA;

EID: 6444229334     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2003.12.018     Document Type: Article

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