Oceanographic conditions as a trigger for the formation of an Early Miocene (Aquitanian) Konservat-Lagerstätte in the Central Paratethys Sea

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 292, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 425-442

  Grunert, Patrick ^a   Harzhauser, Mathias ^b   Rögl, Fred ^b   Sachsenhofer, Reinhard ^c   Gratzer, Reinhard ^c   Soliman, Ali ^a   Piller, Werner E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aquitanian; Central Paratethys; Early Miocene; Konservat Lagerst tte; Oxygen minimum zone; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIVALVE; CEPHALOPOD; DINOFLAGELLATE; DOLPHIN; FISH; FORAMINIFERA; FORELAND BASIN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MIOCENE; NANOPLANKTON; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXIC CONDITIONS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PARATETHYS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; UPWELLING;

AUSTRIA;

ALGAE; ATURIA; BIVALVIA; CEPHALOPODA; DINOPHYCEAE; FORAMINIFERA; INVERTEBRATA; PARATETHYS; PHAEOPHYCEAE; PTEROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78449263925     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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