Deposition, erosion and hydrocarbon source potential of the Oligocene Eggerding Formation (Molasse Basin, Austria)

Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 76-99

  Sachsenhofer, Reinhard F ^a   Leitner, Birgit ^a   Linzer, Hans Gert ^b   Bechtel, Achim ^a   Ćorić, Stjepan ^c   Gratzer, Reinhard ^a   Reischenbacher, Doris ^a   Soliman, Ali ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b Rohol Aufsuchungs AG   (Austria)

^c ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpine foreland basin; Palynology; Paratethys; Source rock; Submarine slide

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EROSION; FORELAND BASIN; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; NANOPLANKTON; OCEAN BASIN; OLIGOCENE; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; PARATETHYS; SOURCE ROCK; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

MOLASSE BASIN;

PARATETHYS;

EID: 77954239581     PISSN: 20727151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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