Nannofossil biostratigraphy of the late Cretaceous Nierental Formation, northern Calcareous Alps (Bavaria, Austria)
- Author(s)
- M. Wagreich, H. G. Krenmayr
- Abstract
The nannofossil biostratigraphy of the Campanian-Maastrichtian of the Nierental Fm. is investigated. Although reworking of older sediments is partly observed, especially within turbiditic marlstones, standard nannofossil zonations for the Late Cretaceous of the low-latitude Tethyan realm can be applied. The base of the Maastrichtian, drawn at the level of the last occurrence of the planktonic foraminifera Globotruncanita calcarata, corresponds to a horizon within the nannofossil zone CC22ab, below the last occurrence of Eiffellithus eximius and Reinhardtites anthophorus, both in the Gosau and the Gams sections. -Authors
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Geology
- Journal
- Zitteliana
- Volume
- 20
- Pages
- 67-77
- No. of pages
- 11
- ISSN
- 0373-9627
- Publication date
- 01-1993
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 105123 Stratigraphy
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Science(all), Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/nannofossil-biostratigraphy-of-the-late-cretaceous-nierental-formation-northern-calcareous-alps-bavaria-austria(4335a061-efd7-4dfb-9e8a-57ec2251535d).html