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Oligocence dinoflagellate-cysts in Quaternary freshwater sediments of Eifel maars

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Well preserved dinoflagellate-cysts, indicating an oligocene age, were found in young-quarternary fresh water maare-lake sediments. They are the remnants of a former wide spread transgression from the Mainz-Basin into the Eifel-area.

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Weiler, H. (1993). Oligocence dinoflagellate-cysts in Quaternary freshwater sediments of Eifel maars. In: Negendank, J.F.W., Zolitschka, B. (eds) Paleolimnology of European Maar Lakes. Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, vol 49. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0117612

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