Map of the Faluns Sea maximal extension during the Middle Miocene
Location
Western France
Coordinates
47°30′N1°00′W / 47.5°N 1°W / 47.5; -1
Type
Former inland sea
Max. depth
80 m (260 ft)
The Faluns Sea is a former sea which covered Western France from 16 to 3.5 Ma. It spreads from Normandy to Vienne by forming an inlet through what is today Brittany, Anjou, Touraine and Blésois.
The withdrawal of the ancient sea left behind sedimentary stones rich in fragmentary shells called falun. The sea got its name from this sedimentary rock renown for its fossil richness.
Channay-sur-Lathan; Pontlevoy. In Poitou, those faluns are known through deposits in: Mirebeau. The FalunsSea hosted a remarkable palaeobiodiversity. Most...
couches du sol en Touraine, et description des coquilles de la craie et des faluns. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France. 2(2): 211–311, pls 15-21 Glibert...
Catalogue synonymique et raisonné des testacés fossiles recueillis dans les faluns miocènes des communes de La Brède et de Saucats.- Actes de la Société Linnéenne...
coquilles fossiles qu'on rencontre dans les terrains calcaires tertiaires (faluns) des environs de Dax, département des Landes. Actes de la Société Linnéenne...
degrangei Cossmann, Maurice. Sur quelques formes nouvelles ou peu connues des faluns du Bordelais... Au secrétariat de l'Association, 1894. Fossilshells.nl:...
has also been used to refer to its artificial islands in the South China Sea and the persecution of Uyghurs in China. Although there has not been a long-standing...
year he played Chief in the film The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, opposite Sarah Miles and Kris Kristofferson. In 1978 he played the character...
Cossmann (M.), 1895 - Sur quelques formes nouvelles ou peu connues des faluns du Bordelais. Association française pour l'Avancement des Sciences. 23ème...
unavailable in Russia. NTDTV is an international channel affiliated with Falun Gong new religious movement. Zee News is an Indian Hindi-language news channel...
the Falun Mine. The highest point is Storvätteshågna, at 1,204 meters above sea level. The lowest point is in the southeast, at 55 meters above sea level...
becoming a specialist in a type of marine deposit. Her works, notably Les Faluns de La Touraine, also support the theory of evolution. She was also a militant...
project of a deep-sea floating wind farm «Haiyou Guanlan», located near the Wenchang oil fields in the west of the South China Sea, 136 kilometers from...
introduced tobacco, the practice of circumcision and knowledge to build sea-going canoes. Jones, IH (June 1969). "Subincision among Australian western...
original on 17 December 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2023. ""法轮功信徒"被判处死刑" ["Falun Gong followers" sentenced to death]. BBC News (in Chinese). 1 January 2004...
symbol and its variants while digging the Hisarlik mound near the Aegean Sea coast for the history of Troy. Schliemann linked his findings to the Sanskrit...
Battalion Livgardesgruppen Dalarna Regiment (I 13), in Falun 2x Infantry battalions, in Falun Norrbotten Regiment (I 19), in Boden Norrbotten Armoured...
ciders in the UK and worldwide. This name is traditionally associated with Falun, some 90 km to the north, and gave its name to Kopparbergs län (Kopparberg...
couches du sol en Touraine et description des coquilles de la craie et des faluns. Société géologique de France, 1837. Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent...
Sabaton is a power metal band from Falun, Sweden. As of 2022, they have released ten studio albums, including Carolus Rex, which was recorded in separate...
coquilles Fossiles qu'on rencontre dans des terrains calcaires tertiaires (faluns) des environs de Dax, dans le département des Landes (Articles 1-3). Bulletin...
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