TY - JOUR A1 - Kopecka,J. T1 - Foraminifera as environmental proxies of the Middle Miocene (Early Badenian) sediments of the Central Depression (Central Paratethys, Moravian part of the Carpathian Foredeep) JF - Bulletin of Geosciences JA - Bull. Geosci. Y1 - 2012 VL - 87 IS - 3 SP - 431 EP - 442 CY - Prague PB - Czech Geological Survey SN - 1803-1943 (online), 1802-6222 (print) AV - Free KW - Middle Miocene KW - Early Badenian KW - Central Paratethys KW - Carpathian Foredeep KW - foraminifera KW - palaeoecology KW - Czech Republic AB - Middle Miocene sediments of the Central Depression have been studied based on foraminifera with a view to characterize palaeoenvironmental conditions. Rock material from HV-5 Rybnicek core were used. Foraminiferal evidence indicates biostratigraphic range of the lower part of the Upper Lagenid Zone (Early Badenian–Langhian, Middle Miocene). The sediments originate from a deeper marine basin at the level of outer shelf with potential extension deeper into the bathyal realm. Bottom waters were well-oxygenated with a redox boundary a few centimeters from the sea floor which was colonized by sub- and dysoxic foraminifers. Palaeotemperature of marine water corresponds to the Miocene climatic optimum with short-time climatic oscillations of cooler climate ER -