Contents
Calpionellid biostratigraphy and microfacies of the Upper Tithonian pelagic carbonates in northeastern Serbia (Carpatho–Balkanides)
Published: Jun 2018
Pages: 301 - 311
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/geoca-2018-0018
Authors: IVANA CAREVIĆ, MORTEZA TAHERPOUR-KHALIL-ABAD, MONIKA MIRKOVIĆ, VELIMIR JOVANOVIĆ, ELHAM MOJTAHEDIN, DRAGANA VUŠKOVIĆ
Abstract: The occurrence of microfossil assemblage represented by calpionellids in close association with benthic foraminifera and encrusting Crescentiella morronensis is reported for the first time from the Upper Tithonian of NE Serbia. The biostratigraphic and sedimentological investigations were carried out on a 250 m thick carbonate succession in Jelenska Stena quarry cropping out along the Danube River Gorge in the border area of Serbian Carpatho–Balkanides and Romanian Southern Carphatians. On the basis of determined benthic foraminiferal taxa Textularia sp. cf. T. bettenstaedti and Everticyclammina praekelleri in the lower part of the succession and calpionellid association dominated by the representatives of calpionellid genera Tintinnopsella, Crassicollaria and Calpionella the carbonate succession is assigned to the Upper Tithonian. The scarcity of calpionellid zonal species prevents the nominal zones being recognized. Petrographic analysis of thin-sections led to the recognition of three basin microfacies types: bioclastic wackestone, bioclastic peloidal wackestone/packstone and mudstone. These microfacies characterize the SMF 3 and SMF 4 which indicate deposition in slope and toe-of-slope environments. This study extends the palaeogeographical distribution of Upper Tithonian calpionellids along the northern Tethyan margins. The investigated carbonate succession is compared with coeval strata from other northern Tethyan regions.
Keywords: Getic, Carpatho–Balkanides, northeastern Serbia, calpionellids, benthic foraminifera, Upper Tithonian
Download PDF documentVolume 69 no. 3 / June 2018
TOMÁŠ MIKUŠ, JULIAN KONDELA, STANISLAV JACKO, STANISLAVA MILOVSKÁ
Garavellite and associated sulphosalts from the Strieborná vein in the Rožňava ore field (Western Carpathians)FRANZ NEUBAUER, BIANCA HEBERER, ISTVÁN DUNKL, XIAOMING LIU, MANFRED BERNROIDER, YUNPENG DONG
The Oligocene Reifnitz tonalite (Austria) and its host rocks: implications for Cretaceous and Oligocene–Neogene tectonics of the south-eastern Eastern AlpsMICHAL KOVÁČ, EMO MÁRTON, TOMÁŠ KLUČIAR, RASTISLAV VOJTKO
Miocene basin opening in relation to the north-eastward tectonic extrusion of the ALCAPA Mega-UnitMĂDĂLINA – ELENA KALLANXHI , RAMONA BĂLC , STJEPAN ĆORIĆ , SZABOLCS – FLAVIUS SZÉKELY , SORIN FILIPESCU
The Rupelian – Chattian transition in the north-western Transylvanian Basin (Romania) revealed by calcareous nannofossils: implications for biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironmental reconstructionMICHAL KOVÁČ, EVA HALÁSOVÁ, NATÁLIA HUDÁČKOVÁ, KATARÍNA HOLCOVÁ, MATÚŠ HYŽNÝ, MICHAL JAMRICH, ANDREJ RUMAN
Towards better correlation of the Central Paratethys regional time scale with the standard geological time scale of the Miocene EpochIVANA CAREVIĆ, MORTEZA TAHERPOUR-KHALIL-ABAD, MONIKA MIRKOVIĆ, VELIMIR JOVANOVIĆ, ELHAM MOJTAHEDIN, DRAGANA VUŠKOVIĆ
Calpionellid biostratigraphy and microfacies of the Upper Tithonian pelagic carbonates in northeastern Serbia (Carpatho–Balkanides)