<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Sarmatian and Pannonian cores, drilled at the western margin of the Vienna Basin in the City of Vienna, reveal a complex succession of marine and lacustrine depositional environments during the middle to late Miocene transition. Two Sarmatian and two Pannonian transgressive-regressive sequences were studied in detail. Identical successions of benthic faunal assemblages and similar patterns in magnetic susceptibility logs characterise these sequences. This allows a correlation of the boreholes over a distance of ~3.5 km across one of the major marginal faults of the Vienna Basin. Biostratigraphic data, combined with rough estimates of sedimentation rates, reveal large gaps between these sequences, suggesting that only major transgressions reached this marginal area. In particular, during the Sarmatian-Pannonian transition, the basin margin completely emerged and turned into a terrestrial setting for at least 600 ka.</p></abstract>

Sarmatian and Pannonian cores, drilled at the western margin of the Vienna Basin in the City of Vienna, reveal a complex succession of marine and lacustrine depositional environments during the middle to late Miocene transition. Two Sarmatian and two Pannonian transgressive-regressive sequences were studied in detail. Identical successions of benthic faunal assemblages and similar patterns in magnetic susceptibility logs characterise these sequences. This allows a correlation of the boreholes over a distance of ~3.5 km across one of the major marginal faults of the Vienna Basin. Biostratigraphic data, combined with rough estimates of sedimentation rates, reveal large gaps between these sequences, suggesting that only major transgressions reached this marginal area. In particular, during the Sarmatian-Pannonian transition, the basin margin completely emerged and turned into a terrestrial setting for at least 600 ka.

The Sarmatian/Pannonian boundary at the western margin of the Vienna Basin (City of Vienna, Austria)

Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences

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Sarmatian and Pannonian cores, drilled at the western margin of the Vienna Basin in the City of Vienna, reveal a complex succession of marine and lacustrine...

The Sarmatian/Pannonian boundary at the western margin of the Vienna Basin (City of Vienna, Austria)

Pubblicato online: 06 set 2018

Pagine: 26 - A4

Ricevuto: 01 ago 2018

Accettato: 16 mag 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17738/ajes.2018.0003

Parole chiave
Vienna Basin, Miocene, Paratethys Sea, Lake Pannon, authigenic pyrite

© 2018 Mathias Harzhauser, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The Sarmatian/Pannonian boundary at the western margin of the Vienna Basin (City of Vienna, Austria)

Pubblicato online: 06 set 2018

Pagine: 26 - A4

Ricevuto: 01 ago 2018

Accettato: 16 mag 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17738/ajes.2018.0003

Parole chiaveVienna Basin, Miocene, Paratethys Sea, Lake Pannon, authigenic pyrite

© 2018 Mathias Harzhauser, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Parole chiave
Vienna Basin, Miocene, Paratethys Sea, Lake Pannon, authigenic pyrite