TY - JOUR A1 - Ernst,A. A1 - Krainer,K. A1 - Schö A1 - nlaub,H.-P. A1 - Vachard,D. T1 - Bryozoans, foraminifers, algae, and sedimentological characteristics of an exotic limestone block of the late Visean Kirchbach Formation, Carnic Alps, Austria JF - Bulletin of Geosciences JA - Bull. Geosci. Y1 - 2021 VL - 96 IS - 2 SP - 181 EP - 194 CY - Prague PB - Czech Geological Survey SN - 1803-1943 (online), 1802-6222 (print) AV - Free KW - Mississippian KW - Carnic Alps KW - Austria KW - microfacies KW - Bryozoa KW - foraminifers KW - ecology KW - taxonomy AB - A late Visean fossiliferous limestone block from the Kirchbach Formation (Mississippian) in the Carnic Alps (southern Austria) has been studied for its palaeontological and petrographic characteristics. The limestone block contains abundant fossils and is composed of different microfacies including bioclastic floatstone, coral bafflestone, bryozoan bindstone, bryozoan wacke- to grainstone, as well as bioclastic mud- to wackestone. The described fauna of bryozoans and foraminifers identify the age of the block as early Serpukhovian (Tarusian), and indicate deposition in a shallow shelf environment with high to moderate energy levels, moderate to high sedimentation rates and flexible to hard substrates. The limestone block, like the exotic limestone clasts of the carbonate conglomerates of the Kirchbach Formation, were transported into deeper marine environments by gravitational sedimentary processes from a shallow marine carbonate shelf that was developed along the northern margin of the Hochwipfel flysch basin. ER -