<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Middle Miocene siltstones of the Skawina Formation that crop out at Wiślica, within the axial part of the Carpathian Foredeep in Poland, were analysed. The deposits studied contain numerous benthic and planktonic foraminifera, ostracods, echinoid spines, bryozoans, bivalves and otoliths. The fossils recognised document an early ‘Badenian’ (= Lang-hian in the Mediterranean area), or, more precisely, ‘Moravian’ age of the deposit. Palaeoecological analysis suggests normal-marine conditions with full salinity. The studied siltstones were deposited from middle–lower shoreface to lower–offshore, warm surface water and locally suboxic to dysoxic conditions in the sediment.</p></abstract>

Middle Miocene siltstones of the Skawina Formation that crop out at Wiślica, within the axial part of the Carpathian Foredeep in Poland, were analysed. The deposits studied contain numerous benthic and planktonic foraminifera, ostracods, echinoid spines, bryozoans, bivalves and otoliths. The fossils recognised document an early ‘Badenian’ (= Lang-hian in the Mediterranean area), or, more precisely, ‘Moravian’ age of the deposit. Palaeoecological analysis suggests normal-marine conditions with full salinity. The studied siltstones were deposited from middle–lower shoreface to lower–offshore, warm surface water and locally suboxic to dysoxic conditions in the sediment.

Palaeontological analysis of Middle Miocene siltstones at Wiślica (Carpathian Foredeep, Poland)

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Middle Miocene siltstones of the Skawina Formation that crop out at Wiślica, within the axial part of the Carpathian Foredeep in Poland, were analysed. The...

Palaeontological analysis of Middle Miocene siltstones at Wiślica (Carpathian Foredeep, Poland)

Published Online: May 22, 2017

Page range: 29 - 43

Received: Jun 21, 2016

Accepted: Mar 02, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/logos-2017-0003

Keywords
microfossils, foreland basin, foraminifera, palaeoecology

© 2017 Katarzyna Płonka, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palaeontological analysis of Middle Miocene siltstones at Wiślica (Carpathian Foredeep, Poland)

Published Online: May 22, 2017

Page range: 29 - 43

Received: Jun 21, 2016

Accepted: Mar 02, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/logos-2017-0003

Keywordsmicrofossils, foreland basin, foraminifera, palaeoecology

© 2017 Katarzyna Płonka, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
microfossils, foreland basin, foraminifera, palaeoecology