• Title of article

    Campanian–Maastrichtian marine red beds in Romania: biostratigraphic and genetic significance

  • Author/Authors

    Melinte، نويسنده , , Mihaela Carmen and Jipa، نويسنده , , Dan، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
  • Pages
    8
  • From page
    49
  • To page
    56
  • Abstract
    The litho- and biostratigraphy of red beds of the uppermost Cretaceous Gura Beliei Formation in the south-west part of the East Carpathians of Romania were investigated. Two lithological sequences were observed in the succession: a lower unit mainly composed of cherry-red thin-bedded marls and marlstones, and an upper unit of alternating marls and sandstones. The age range of the red beds investigated, based on calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy, is latest Campanian–earliest Paleocene. The strata are similar to Upper Cretaceous red beds in other Tethyan areas of Europe (Italy, Austria, Poland, Slovakia and Serbia).
  • Keywords
    Campanian–Maastrichtian , Marine red beds , Nannofossil biostratigraphy , Lithostratigraphy , Romania , East Carpathians
  • Journal title
    Cretaceous Research
  • Serial Year
    2005
  • Journal title
    Cretaceous Research
  • Record number

    2302619