Local catastrophe caused by tephra input near Přemyslovice (Moravia, Czech Republic) during the Middle Miocene.

• Authors: ZAGORŠEK Kamil; NEHYBA Slavomír; TOMANOVÁ PETROVÁ Pavla; HLADILOVÁ Šárka; BITNER Alexandra M; DOLÁKOVÁ Nela; HRABOVSKÝ Juraj; JAŠKOVÁ Vladimíra
• Year of publication: 2012
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Geol. Quart.
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.7306/gq.1021
• Field: Geology and mineralogy
• Keywords: Middle Miocene; Carpathian Foredeep; Moravia;Czech Republic; tephra fallout; succession of biota
• Description: Colonization by marine organisms during transgression of Middle Miocene sea near Přemyslovice was effected in the beginning by the cool water current. Shortly afterwards, fallout of volcanic material caused a total termination of biota. After this catastrophe, the biota started again colonize the area. The terminal association is than comparable with that referred for other sections in Carpathian Foredeep.

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