Table 2 Features used for identifying sequence-stratigraphic surfaces and intervals in the studied sections

Sequence boundaries

Karstification (irregular surfaces, truncated grains below surface, red staining; Esteban and Klappa 1983)

Circumgranular cracks (pedogenesis; Esteban and Klappa 1983)

Birdseyes overprinting subtidal facies (Strasser 1991)

Marls containing freshwater flora and fauna (Strasser and Hillgärtner 1998)

Reworked lithoclasts implying previous freshwater cementation

Black pebbles (Strasser 1984)

End of shallowing-up evolution followed by freshwater indicators (e.g., charophytes) and/or reworked material

Transgressive surfaces

Sharp surface overlying emersive, supratidal or intertidal facies

Reworked grains and pebbles

Mixed freshwater and marine fossils

Turnaround between shallowing-up and deepening-up facies evolution

Maximum-flooding surfaces or intervals

Deepest or most open-marine facies

Marls containing marine fauna (Strasser and Hillgärtner 1998)

Dense bioturbation due to low sedimentation rate

Turnaround between deepening-up and shallowing-up facies evolution