D. Vukoičić, Danica Srećković-Batoćanin, A. Valjarević, Dušan Ristić, Milena Nikolić, D. Valjarević
{"title":"Assessment of the Geotouristic Values of Devil’s Town, Serbia","authors":"D. Vukoičić, Danica Srećković-Batoćanin, A. Valjarević, Dušan Ristić, Milena Nikolić, D. Valjarević","doi":"10.4154/gc.2021.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4154/gc.2021.11","url":null,"abstract":"Serbia is a country rich in geoheritage with eighty geomorphological sites now under protection. Although a canyon, the site of Devil’s Town is a unique geomorphological site in Serbia and deserves special attention. The geotouristic values of Devil’s Town were assessed based on the analysis of its present state and comparison with three similar and nearby geosites on the Balkan Pennisula (the Sand Pyramids in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Stob and Melnik Earth pyramids in Bulgaria). The assessment was performed using a ‘modified geosite assessment model’ (M-GAM), which includes estimation of the main indicators and sub-indicators. Devil’s Town has an average level of major and additional values. Indicators show that this geosite has great tourist, scientific and aesthetic value, as well as enough space for improving the ecological and functional values, as a basis for the development of tourism. Devil’s Town displays a higher touristic value than the Sand pyramids and slightly lower than the Stob pyramids. However, in comparison with the Melnik Earth pyramids in Bulgaria, its touristic value is significantly lower. This study could serve as a guide for managing development strategies concerning decision-making and engagement in tourism of the analysed geosite, addressing the needs of modern tourists.","PeriodicalId":55108,"journal":{"name":"Geologia Croatica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45315672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The trace fossil Cardioichnus planus from the lower Miocene of Algeria: the first record from Africa and a probable endemic tracemaker","authors":"M. Naimi, Amine Cherif, Mourad Belaid","doi":"10.4154/gc.2021.09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4154/gc.2021.09","url":null,"abstract":"Abundant Cardioichnus planus SMITH & CRIMES, 1983 have been reported for the first time from Africa. They occur in lower Miocene deep-marine deposits near Tiaret in northwestern Algeria. Morphological features of the trace, coupled with the spatial interrelationships between Cardioichnus and the echinoids documented in this area, provide evidence that the endemic spatangoid Echinocardium nummuliticum PÉRON & GAUTHIER, 1885 represents the tracemaker of the studied C. planus. Cardioichnus is known from the upper Jurassic to the Pleistocene and it has a wide geographic and environmental distribution.","PeriodicalId":55108,"journal":{"name":"Geologia Croatica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47297178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Krešimir Petrinjak, Marko Budić, S. Bergant, Tvrtko Korbar
{"title":"Megabeds in Istrian Flysch as markers of synsedimentary tectonics within the Dinaric foredeep (Croatia)","authors":"Krešimir Petrinjak, Marko Budić, S. Bergant, Tvrtko Korbar","doi":"10.4154/GC.2021.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4154/GC.2021.07","url":null,"abstract":"Istrian Flysch was deposited during the Eocene in the Dinaric foredeep and is composed of hemipelagic marls and various gravity flow deposits. The latter are predominantly 5-40 cm thick turbidites, developed mostly as laminated and cross-rippled sandstone beds (Tb-e, Tc-e and Td-e Bouma sequences). In addition to the turbidites, there are deposits characterized by a significant thickness, occasionally more than 10 m, described as complex (bipartite) megabeds. The megabeds are composed of debrites in the lower part (Division I), and high-density turbidites in the upper part (Division II). The distinct clast composition of each megabed indicates that the lithoclasts were derived from tectonically active slopes and fault scarps along which collapses of the different parts of the Cretaceous to Palaeogene neritic carbonate succession, (that underlie the Flysch), occurred. The Division II deposits are well cemented, normally graded calcirudite/calcarenites composed mostly of orthophragminids, nummulitids, and red algae, originating from outer ramp environments. Redeposited marl, observed in the matrix of the debrites and as intraclasts in some megabeds, implies that the collapses along the synsedimentary fault scarps and steep slopes also occurred within the foredeep itself, during the rapid tectono-sedimentary evolution of the Dinaric foreland basin.","PeriodicalId":55108,"journal":{"name":"Geologia Croatica","volume":"74 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42293604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Davor Pollak, Vlatko Gulam, T. Novosel, Radovan Avanić, B. Tomljenović, Nina Hećej, Josip Terzić, J. Stipčević, Mario Bačić, Tomislav Kurečić, Mario Dolić, Iris Bostjančić, L. Wacha, I. Kosovic, Marko Budić, M. Vukovski, N. Belic, M. Špelić, V. Brčić, J. Barbača, B. Kordić, D. Palenik, R. Filjak, Tihomir Frangen, M. Pavić, K. Urumović, Marin Sečanj, B. Matos, Marin Govorcin, M. Kovačević, L. Librić
{"title":"The preliminary inventory of coseismic ground failures related to December 2020 – January 2021 Petrinja earthquake series","authors":"Davor Pollak, Vlatko Gulam, T. Novosel, Radovan Avanić, B. Tomljenović, Nina Hećej, Josip Terzić, J. Stipčević, Mario Bačić, Tomislav Kurečić, Mario Dolić, Iris Bostjančić, L. Wacha, I. Kosovic, Marko Budić, M. Vukovski, N. Belic, M. Špelić, V. Brčić, J. Barbača, B. Kordić, D. Palenik, R. Filjak, Tihomir Frangen, M. Pavić, K. Urumović, Marin Sečanj, B. Matos, Marin Govorcin, M. Kovačević, L. Librić","doi":"10.4154/GC.2021.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4154/GC.2021.08","url":null,"abstract":"The most recent major earthquake series struck near Petrinja (December 29th 2020 M 6.2), and triggered extensive ground failures in the wider area of Petrinja, Sisak and Glina. Coseismic ground failures including subsidence dolines, liquefaction and landslides have been documented over a large area by various experts and teams. These data are stored in the newly created inventory, which is openly presented in this paper. This inventory is administered and updated by the Croatian Geological Survey, and will be available online via a Web Map Service (WMS) (www.hgi-cgs.hr). The aim of the inventory is to not only provide data for the development of susceptibility maps and more detailed exploration for possible remediation measures, but also to define the priorities for immediate action. The earthquake triggered the rapid development of dropout dolines which endanger the local populations of the villages of Mečenčani and Borojevići. This is still an ongoing process in the vicinity of the houses and therefore in-situ exploration started immediately. Liquefaction related to alluvial sediments of the Sava, Kupa and Glina rivers occurred almost exclusively in loose and pure sands, and was accompanied by sand boils, subsidence and lateral spreading. Liquefaction also presents a greater hazard because settlement of houses and river embankments occurred. Lateral spreading caused failures of river flood embankments and natural river banks. According to the data known to date, the majority of the coseismic landslides were reactivated with minor displacements. Despite that, it has been recognised that houses at the edge, or in landslide colluvium suffered greater damage than other houses located outside the landslide impact zone.","PeriodicalId":55108,"journal":{"name":"Geologia Croatica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44167986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yu-hai Fan, Xi'an City China Resources, Yuiqing Wan, Hui Wang, Xing-ke Yang, Liang Min, C. Pan, Zhang Shaopeng, Wenbo Wang, F. Tan
{"title":"Application of an airborne hyper-spectral survey system CASI/SASI in the gold-silver-lead-zinc ore district of Huaniushan, Gansu, China","authors":"Yu-hai Fan, Xi'an City China Resources, Yuiqing Wan, Hui Wang, Xing-ke Yang, Liang Min, C. Pan, Zhang Shaopeng, Wenbo Wang, F. Tan","doi":"10.4154/GC.2021.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4154/GC.2021.04","url":null,"abstract":"The airborne hyper-spectral survey system CASI/SASI, which has an integrated system for gathering both image an spectral data, is at the cutting edge developments in the remote-sensing field. It can be used to directly identify surface objects based on diagnostic spectral chara cteristics. In this paper, the CASI/SASI were used in the Huaniushan gold-silver-lead-zinc ore district–Gansu to produce a lithologic map, identify altered minerals, and map the mineralized-alteration zones. Radiometric correction, radiometric calibration, atmospheric correction (spectral reconstruction), and geometric corrections were carried out in ENVI to pre-process the measured data. A FieldSpec ® Pro FR portable spectrometer was used to obtain the spectral signatures of all types of rock samples, ore deposits, and mineralized-alteration zones. We extracted and analyzed the spectral characteristics of typical alteration minerals. On the basis of hyper-spectral data, ground-spectral data processing, and comparative analysis of the measured image spectrum, we used the spectral-angle-mapping (SAM) and mixture-tuned matchedfiltering (MTMF) methods to perform hyperspectralalteration mineral mapping of wall rock and mineralizedalterationzone hyperspectral identification. Hyperspectralremotesensing geologicalclassification maps were produced as well as distribution maps of all kinds of alteration minerals and mineralized-alteration zones. Based on geological comprehensive analysis and field investigations, the range of mineral alteration was proven to be the same as shown by the remote-sensing imagery. Indications are that airborne hyperspectral-remote-sensing-image CASI/SASI offer good application results and show a promising potential as a tool in geological investigations. The results will provide the basis for hyperspectral remote-sensing prospecting in the same or similar unexplored areas. 2006), thereby offering a high spectral resolution. Many unrecognized substances in wide-band remote sensing can be detected in the hyperspectral data and quantitatively studied (CLARK et al., 2003; TANG et al., 2006; SCHAEPMAN et al., 2009; KRUSE, 2012; VAN DER MEER et al., 2012). Because various minerals and rocks have diagnostic spectral-characteristic-absorption bands in the range of 400–2,500 nm, hyperspectral remote sensing can better capture the characteristics of minerals. Based on these characteristic spectral features, mineral compositional information can be inverted and identified. Thus, classification, mapping of rocks and mineral-resource exploration can be performed (CLARK et al., 2003; GAN & WANG, 2007; ZHANG et al., 2011; WEI et al., 2017). Since the mid-1980s, with the rapid development of key technologies such as data acquisition, radiation calibration, spectral reconstruction, and data processing, many applications of hyperspectral remote-sensing technology to the fields of geology and mineral resources have been performed by researchers around the world, re","PeriodicalId":55108,"journal":{"name":"Geologia Croatica","volume":"74 1","pages":"73-83"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48467142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Plicanic, Ž. Pogačnik, Eva Koren, G. Vižintin, geologija rudarjenje in ekologija d.o.o. Deskle Slovenia Georudeko
{"title":"Natural Resources Self-Sufficiency – How to Balance Groundwater Protection and Mineral Resources Exploitation – Pleterje Case, Slovenia: Legal and Geological Aspects","authors":"S. Plicanic, Ž. Pogačnik, Eva Koren, G. Vižintin, geologija rudarjenje in ekologija d.o.o. Deskle Slovenia Georudeko","doi":"10.4154/GC.2021.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4154/GC.2021.02","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this article is to showcase opportunities for local communities to demonstrate selfsufficiency with respect to natural resources (gravel and sand) in the east of Slovenia. Limitations put in place for the exploitation of mineral resources by applicable regulations in the light of groundwater protection were analysed particularly in the context of mining undertaken in an area of shallow alluvium with a shallow groundwater table. It is essential that land disturbance (from mining activity) complies with the environmental limitations imposed by both EU and Slovenian law. The study highlights the factors directly indicating the inadequacy of the applicable regulations in Slovenia in relation to mining in areas of shallow groundwater; those limitations put in place the exploitation of mineral resources as unlawful works. This article outlines how such limitations negatively affect local communities’ self-sufficiency and the region with natural resources, specifically mineral resources. To this end, when selecting which alluvial plain to test, we focused on the area of the Drava and Ptuj Plain (Dravsko polje and Ptujsko polje) in Slovenia. The Drava River flows through the area in question across this alluvial plain. The artificially regulated power canal of the Zlatoličje hydroelectric power plant runs parallel to the river. Pursuant to environmental regulations, mineral resources can be exploited in these areas only up to two metres above the highest groundwater level. This criterion makes it almost impossible to pursue the additional exploitation of mineral resources in this area, as well as similar areas in the catchment area of the Danube River in Slovenia. We believe that in terms of the shared use of physical space it is necessary to change this limitation and link it directly to the percentage of exploited physical space and the application of relevant extraction technologies, which do not pollute groundwater either directly or indirectly. We also believe that the criterion put in place does not withstand expert judgment as the requirement for excavation to cease up to two metres above the highest groundwater level was not defined by means of the scientific method. The article analyses inconsistencies and puts forward measures for the ongoing eco-friendly and economically sustainable exploitation of mineral resources. As an alternative, we thus suggest implementing the EU Regulation via an act that would set out the necessary limitations, based on expert starting points arising from cartogra phic bases under consideration of the tetrahedral consensus-seeking methodology. The Drava and Ptuj Plain (yellow area in Figure 1), which is discussed here, falls under two geotectonic units: the smaller part to the west encompasses the east Pohorje Massif and belongs to the eastern Alps, whereas the remaining part comprising the Slovenske Gorice Hills, Haloze Hills, Dravinjske Gorice Hills (between the Dravinja River and the Drava Plain) an","PeriodicalId":55108,"journal":{"name":"Geologia Croatica","volume":"74 1","pages":"85-97"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45348075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yu-hai Fan, Hui Wang, Xing-ke Yang, Guofeng Zhang, Zhaoyang Li, Furong Tan, Zhang Shaopeng, Wenbo Wang, Xi'an City China Resources, Xi'an City China Resources, Hohhot China Inner Mongolia Mining Exploitation Co.Ltd
{"title":"Application of high-resolution remote sensing technology for the iron ore deposits of the West Kunlun Mountains in China","authors":"Yu-hai Fan, Hui Wang, Xing-ke Yang, Guofeng Zhang, Zhaoyang Li, Furong Tan, Zhang Shaopeng, Wenbo Wang, Xi'an City China Resources, Xi'an City China Resources, Hohhot China Inner Mongolia Mining Exploitation Co.Ltd","doi":"10.4154/GC.2021.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4154/GC.2021.03","url":null,"abstract":"This study focuses on the iron ore of Taxkorgan and Heiqia in the West Kunlun mountains as a case study, for the application of WorldView−2 and IKONOS remote sensing images as major data sources in the fabrication of a standard image map and in the adoption of image enhancement methods to extract information on the ore-controlling factors and mineralization, to interpret remote sensing for the mineral resources in these areas. ASTER, WorldView−2, and IKONOS data were applied for the extraction of alteration anomaly information. With an appropriate amount of field sampling and verification tests, this was used to establish a remote sensing geology prospecting model, that would provide the basis for future remote sensing of metalloge nic belts in West Kunlun in the hope of discovering similar minerals. Survey results showed four additional iron ore mineralization belts could be delineated in the Taxkorgan area. A comparative analysis conducted for part of the field confirmation and the known mineral deposits indicated good reliability. In Heiqia, a siderite-haematite mineralization zone was observed with copperlead-zinc formation, 60-km in length and 200–500 m wide, which includes several mineralized bodies. The ore bodies, appear as stratoid, lenticular, or podiform morphologies and were located in the transition site from clastic to carbonate rocks of the D segment in the Wenquangou Group. The ore bodies generally occur within 40°–50° strike and 68°–81° dip, in accordance to the strata. The length of the single body varies from several hundred metres to more than 9500 m. Its exposed thickness on the surface ranges from 2–50 m, and the general thickness was approximately 15 m. The surface ore minerals were mainly haematite and limonite, with a small amount of siderite. Therefore, high-resolution remote sensing technology is suitable for iron ore geological and mineral remote sensing surveying. It is advantageous in both high-ground resolution of optical characteristics and a certain spectral recognition capability, and is effective not only for information extraction from a large area, but also for recognition of local mineralization outcrops. Therefore, high-resolution remote sensing technology is valuable for popularization. an effective, prospective means of acquiring the geological anoma ly information related closely to ore-bearing strata, mineralized alteration zones, contact metamorphic zones, and tectonic zones (SHANG, 2009; WANG et al., 2011; CHEN et al., 2012; JIN et al., 2014; ZHANG et al., 2015; YANG & ZHAO, 2015; HOWARI et al., 2019; FAN et al., 2021). Located at the junction of the Palaeo–Asian and Tethyan tectonic domains, West Kunlun is an important part of the Qin–Qi– Kun tectonic belt of China, and also serves as an important area for studying the evolution of the Tethyan Ocean (PAN,1989, 1994, 1999; JIANG & ZHU, 1992; CHENG, 1994; JIANG & ZHU, 1992, 2002; YANG, 1994; PAN et al., 1995; PAN et al., 1996; CUI et al., 2006; WU et al","PeriodicalId":55108,"journal":{"name":"Geologia Croatica","volume":"74 1","pages":"57-72"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46637462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Radovan Avanić, D. Pavelić, Z. Pécskay, Mirjana Miknić, D. Tibljaš, L. Wacha
{"title":"Tidal deposits in the Early Miocene Central Paratethys: the Vučji Jarek and Čemernica members of the Macelj formation (NW Croatia)","authors":"Radovan Avanić, D. Pavelić, Z. Pécskay, Mirjana Miknić, D. Tibljaš, L. Wacha","doi":"10.4154/GC.2021.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4154/GC.2021.06","url":null,"abstract":"The Macelj formation is an informal Eggenburgian-early Ottnangian lithostratigraphic unit that is established in the area of the Hrvatsko Zagorje Basin, which represented a marginal zone of the Early Miocene Central Paratethys Sea. Modern studies, as a part of the Geologic Map of the Republic of Croatia 1:50 000 project, yielded new data that improves the knowledge of the depositional and stratigraphic characteristics of the formation. The sedimentological research within this study was focused on the two older lithostratigraphic units of the Macelj formation: the Vucji Jarek member and the Cemernica member. The Vucji Jarek mb. is represented by three facies. The Facies of horizontally bedded sandstones is characterized by mostly medium-grained, moderately sorted sandstones that reflect deposition on the foreshore to the upper shoreface. The facies of horizontally and cross-bedded glauconitic sandstones is composed of fine- to coarsegrained, well-sorted sandstones that indicate foreshore to shoreface deposition under tidal influence. The Facies of horizontally and cross-bedded pyroclastics consists of tuff, pumice, lapilli and large blocks, showing a chaotic structure in places. Deposition occurred at the shoreface under tidal influence. The Cemernica mb. is represented by the Facies of structureless clayey-silty sands that are poorly sorted and bioturbated, and indicates deposition below the fairweather wavebase, in the offshore-transition zone. Deposits of the members include marine macro- and microfossil associations.K-Ar dating of separated glauconite mineral fractions yielded an early Eggenburgian age for the Vucji Jarek mb. glauconitic sandstones (19.2±0.64 Ma) which is in accordance with biostratigraphical analyses. Sedimentological characteristics of the Eggenburgian Macelj fm., especially those that reflect the tidal influence, fit the general characteristics of the Central Paratethys Sea in the Early Miocene.","PeriodicalId":55108,"journal":{"name":"Geologia Croatica","volume":"74 1","pages":"41-56"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46135451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy and lithology of the Upper Cretaceous (upper Campanian-Maastrichtian) and Palaeogene succession of the Palmyrides (Syria)","authors":"Vlasta Premec-Fuček, Morana Hernitz Kučenjak, Gabrijela Pecimotika","doi":"10.4154/GC.2021.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4154/GC.2021.05","url":null,"abstract":"An upper Campanian to upper Oligocene stratigraphic succession has been examined from six deep exploration wells in the Palmyrides area of Syria. Most of the sedimentary succession contains rich and well to moderately preserved planktonic foraminiferal assemblages that enable successful age determination. The upper Campanian and Maastrichtian planktonic fauna is highly diverse with domination of warm water taxa such as Globotruncana aegyptiaca, Gansserina gansseri, Globotruncanella havanensis, Globotruncanita angulata and Pseudotextularia elegans. The most dramatic turnover occurred across the Cretaceous/Palaeocene boundary when most planktonic foraminiferal species became extinct. The oldest Palaeocene planktonic foraminiferal assemblage, rich in the number of specimens, but not very diverse, includes the following species: Eoglobigerina eobulloides, Globanomalina archeocompressa, Chiloguembelina morsei, Woodringina claytonensis and Parasubbotina pseudobulloides. The late Palaeocene is marked by origination of the morozovellids, acarininids and globanomalinids, while the early Eocene is characterized by a tropical assemblage, dominated by muricate species, and by intensive speciation of Acarinina and Subbotina in the latest part. Most of these species continue into the middle Eocene and become a significant component of the planktonic community. The middle Eocene is characterized by intensive speciation and domination of warm water genera such as Acarinina, Morozovelloides, and to a lesser degree Turborotalia, Globigerinatheka and Hantkenina. The middle/late Eocene boundary is marked by double extinction of the last muricate taxa Acarinina mcgowrani and Morozovelloides crasssatus, which indicate a variable climate, water column instability, and loss of surface habitats. In contrast, Turborotalia and Globigerinateheka become more important in the late Eocene. The Eocene/Oligocene boundary is marked by the extinction of most warm water taxa including Turborotalia cerroazulensis group, Hantkenina, Globigerinatheka and some subbotinids. The beginning of the early Oligocene is indicated by the domination of cool water taxa such as Dentoglobigerina, Globorotaloides, Tenuitella and Chiloguembelina. Speciation of the spinose surface dweller Ciperoella ciperoensis group reflects warming in the late Oligocene. The combined observations of lithology with the diversity and composition of planktonic foraminifera assemblages indicate that the Palmyrides area in Syria was a Tethyan bioprovince with a tropical to subtropical climate from the late Campanian to the end of the Eocene with deposition in deep sea environments (upper bathyal to outer shelf). In contrast, Oligocene deposits and their microfossil content suggest temperate to warm climate conditions and sedimentation in middle to inner shelf environments.","PeriodicalId":55108,"journal":{"name":"Geologia Croatica","volume":"74 1","pages":"21-40"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44939756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Basiru Mohammed Kore, M. Gül, Ceren Küçükuysal, Bilal Sarı
{"title":"Lithostratigraphy and Sedimentological Characteristics of the Calciturbidites of the Babadağ Formation-Tavas Nappe (SW Turkey)","authors":"Basiru Mohammed Kore, M. Gül, Ceren Küçükuysal, Bilal Sarı","doi":"10.4154/GC.2021.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4154/GC.2021.01","url":null,"abstract":"Scientific Research Projects Office (BAP) of Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Turkey - 17/118","PeriodicalId":55108,"journal":{"name":"Geologia Croatica","volume":"74 1","pages":"1-20"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42163833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}