Der chronostratigraphische Umfang der 12 Arbeiten dieses Bandes reicht vom Quartär (Piller et al.) bis in das Devon (Hubmann). Das Schwergewicht liegt dabei naturgemäß auf Themen der Lithostratigraphie. Diese reichen von der Definition einer einzigen Formation (Hartl-Formation, Miozän: Kroh et al.; Branderfleck-Formation, U-Kreide: Wagreich; Schrambach-Formation, Ober-Jura - Unter-Kreide: Rasser et al.) bis hin zur Behandlung von komplexen Sedimentabfolgen, wie den miozänen Beckenfüllungen des...

The 6th International Cretaceous Symposium was held in the year 2000 at the Geocenter of the University of Vienna. It was a successful meeting of earth scientists interested in all aspects of the Cretaceous system, a major period of earth history from 135 to 65 million years. The Cretaceous was characterized by a peak global greenhouse climate, dramatic steps in the evolution of life and intensive mountain buidling processes. This Proceedings volume gathers together 23 original papers from...

Flügel/Hubmann wollen mit diesem Buch einen Anstoß geben zur Neudefinition der gültigen lithostratigraphischen Namen mit hierarchischer Zuordnung und teilweiser Neubenennung.

Over the past few years, there has been increasing public awareness that the behaviour of each generation has an impact on the welfare of succeeding generations. This is particularly true as regards the utilization of non-renewable energy sources such as oil, natural gas and coal, the raw materials for metal production and industrial minerals (e.g. magnesite). It has generally been assumed that in view of the finite reserves available, continually increasing exploitation would give rise to...