Badenian evolution of the Central Paratethys Sea: paleogeography, climate and eustatic sea-level changes

• Authors: KOVÁČ Michal; ANDREYEVA-GRIGOROVIČ Aida; BAJRAKTAREVIĆ Zlatan; BRZOBOHATÝ Rostislav; FILIPESCU Sorin; FODOR Laszló; HARZHAUSER Mathias; NAGYMAROSY András; OSZCZYPKO Nestor; PAVELIĆ Davor; RÖGL Fred; SAFTIĆ Bruno; SLIVA Lubomír; STUDENCKA Barbara
• Year of publication: 2007
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Geologica Carpathica
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Geology and mineralogy
• Keywords: Miocene; Badenian; Central Paratethys; paleogeography; tectonics; climate; sequence stratigraphy
• Description: The Badenian climate of the Central Paratethys realm can be characterized as fairly uniform, reflecting the stable subtropical conditions. A slight N-S climatic gradient seems to be expressed from the Early Badenian, but a biogeographic differentiation between basins in the North and South starts to become more prominent first during the Late Badenian, when a moderate cooling of the seawater can also be documented. The Early Badenian transgression is controlled byt both, tectonic and eustacy. The Late Badenian transgression and regression were dominantly controlled by sea-level changes inside the Central Paratethys realm.

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