Palaeontological evidence of communication between the Central Paratethys and the Mediterranean in the late Badenian/early Serravalian

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 394, Issue , 2014, Pages 144-157

  Bartol, Miloš ^a   Mikuž, Vasja ^a,b   Horvat, Aleksander ^a  

^a ANTON MELIK GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b Dept Text Graphic Arts Technol   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannoplankton; Diatoms; Pereiraea gervaisi; Slovenian Corridor

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GASTROPOD; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MIOCENE; NANOPLANKTON; PALEONTOLOGY;

SLOVENIA;

EID: 84892467749     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.12.009     Document Type: Article

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