Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the Karpatian-Badenian (Late Burdigalian-Early Langhian) transition in the central paratethys. A case study from the wagna section (Austria)

Acta Geologica Polonica

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 523-544

  Spezzaferri, Silvia ^a   Ćorić, Stjepan ^b   Stingl, Karl ^c  

^a Dept of Geosci Geol/Paleontology   (Switzerland)

^b Geological Survey   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannofossils; Foraminifera; Mediterranean; Miocene; Palaeoenvironment; Paratethys; Statistical treatment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMARKER; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BURDIGALIAN; CALCARENITE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MICROFOSSIL; NANOFOSSIL; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECONSTRUCTION; RIVER PLUME; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC BOUNDARY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TETHYS;

AUSTRIA;

AMMONIA TEPIDA; EPONIDES; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINA; PARATETHYS; RETICULOFENESTRA;

EID: 75249099183     PISSN: 00015709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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