Organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphy of the Well Höflein 6 in the Cretaceous–Paleogene Rhenodanubian Flysch Zone (Vienna Basin, Austria)

Year, pages: 2013, 209 - 230

Palynological analysis of the Rhenodanubian Flysch Zone section recovered from Well Höflein 6 north of Vienna allows the successful application of non-calcareous dinoflagellate biostratigraphy to the deep-water sediments of the Greifenstein Nappe. All 62 cuttings samples contained organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts (dinocysts) and some of them allow age-assessment. The results corroborated the presence of two thrust slices. The upper thrust unit A comprises a Campanian to Lower Eocene succession including, from old to young, the Röthenbach Subgroup, Perneck Formation, Altlengbach Formation and Greifenstein Formation. The lower thrust unit B contains in addition a pre-Campanian base, probably the Wolfpassing Formation of Early to mid-Cretaceous age.

Mohamed, O., Wagreich, M. 2013. Organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphy of the Well Höflein 6 in the Cretaceous–Paleogene Rhenodanubian Flysch Zone (Vienna Basin, Austria). In Geologica Carpathica, vol. 64, no.3, pp. 209-230. 1335-0552. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/geoca-2013-0015

Mohamed, O., Wagreich, M. (2013). Organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphy of the Well Höflein 6 in the Cretaceous–Paleogene Rhenodanubian Flysch Zone (Vienna Basin, Austria). Geologica Carpathica, 64(3), 209-230. 1335-0552. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/geoca-2013-0015