Paleoenvironment and taphonomy of lower Miocene bivalve and macroid assemblages: the Lagos Biocalcarenite (Lagos-Portimão Formation, southern Portugal)
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DOI: 10.1007/s10347-018-0550-3
Abstract: Between Lagos and Albufeira, the Algarve coast of southern Portugal is marked by outcrops of the lower Miocene Lagos-Portimão Formation (LPF) consisting of yellow sandstone and coarse skeletal-rhodolithic limestone. This contribution focuses on the rhodoliths,… read more here.
Keywords: lagos biocalcarenite; lagos portim; formation; lower miocene ... See more keywords
Mass Wasting in Clastic Rocks (Elmalı Formation Upper Eocene-Lower Miocene; Muğla-SW Turkey)
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DOI: 10.1007/s10706-019-00875-4
Abstract: This study was carried out for determining the type, and factors of mass movements occurred in Upper Eocene-Lower Miocene mudstone and sandstone alternation (with varying ratios) of the Elmalı Formation. Those sediments crop out in… read more here.
Keywords: upper eocene; mass; elmal formation; lower miocene ... See more keywords
Geochemical history of a Lower Miocene lake, the Cypris Formation, Sokolov Basin, Czech Republic
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DOI: 10.1007/s10933-017-9970-2
Abstract: The intracontinental Lower Miocene Cypris paleo-lake originated during progressive subsidence in the Sokolov Basin, part of the Cenozoic Ohře Rift, after the deposition of coal seams. The Cypris Fm. consists almost entirely of lacustrine clays… read more here.
Keywords: cypris; part; miocene; lower miocene ... See more keywords
The oldest record of the bivalve Dosinisca Dall and its implications
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DOI: 10.1007/s12040-019-1125-6
Abstract: Certain species of Dosinia occurring in the Miocene of Kachchh and the Pliocene of Balochistan in reality belong to the subgenus Dosinisca (Veneridae, Dosiniinae). This subgenus was hitherto known from the Quaternary of the Western… read more here.
Keywords: bivalve dosinisca; miocene; record bivalve; oldest record ... See more keywords
Depositional settings and history of the Lower Miocene Fleming Group, Refugio County, Texas, as defined using seismic geomorphology
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2017.11.021
Abstract: Abstract A study of the Lower Miocene Fleming Group in Refugio County, Texas from 3-D seismic and wireline-log data documents continuous strandplain and associated lower-coastal-plain fluvial systems along a wave-dominated shoreline. This study delineates and… read more here.
Keywords: miocene fleming; refugio county; texas; miocene ... See more keywords
Magnetochronology applied to assess tempo of turbidite deposition: A case study of ponded sheet-like turbidites from the lower Miocene of the northern Apennines (Italy)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2020.105654
Abstract: Abstract This paper investigates the magnetostratigraphy of the ~750 m-thick Costa Grande Member (lower Miocene) from the Castagnola Basin of NW Italy, which represents the turbidite fill of a structurally confined basin where flow ponding resulted… read more here.
Keywords: costa grande; miocene; study; density ... See more keywords
A liana from the lower Miocene of Panama and the fossil record of Connaraceae.
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DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1700080
Abstract: PREMISE OF THE STUDY Permineralized wood is common in the Miocene beds exposed during the expansion of the Panama Canal. We describe a stem with the distinctive anatomy of a liana and evaluate the evolutionary,… read more here.
Keywords: fossil record; connaraceae; miocene; anatomy ... See more keywords