To study Mesozoic –Cenozoic boundary based on calcareous nannofossils, section of Tang-e- Bulfars in East Ramhormoz was studied. The fossil groups in determining the relative age of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic layers are important. In this interval, a thickness of 32 m More
To study Mesozoic –Cenozoic boundary based on calcareous nannofossils, section of Tang-e- Bulfars in East Ramhormoz was studied. The fossil groups in determining the relative age of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic layers are important. In this interval, a thickness of 32 meters of shale and limestone were studied and for the first time 35 species of nannofossils were identified. As a result, the identified biozones includes Reinhardtites Levis Zone (UC18/CC24) and the base of Arkhangelskiella cymbiformis (CC25/UC19) with Late Cretaceous age and Heliolithus kleinpellii Zone (NP6) with Selandian/Thanetian age. Based on the identified zones, the transition period of Early Maastrichtian-Selandian/Thanetian and the boundary between the Cretaceous to Paleogene was determined as a discontinuity. The presence of index species of calcareous nannofossils indicates that the studied sediments in the section of Tang-e- Bulfars were deposited in the lower latitudes and under warm climatic conditions.
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In this research, the biostratigraphy of the Cretaceous deposits was investigated in the eastern margin of Lut Block in Khunik startigraphic section, west of Qaen, based on calcareous nannofossils. The stratigraphic interval mainly consists of marls with sandstone inter More
In this research, the biostratigraphy of the Cretaceous deposits was investigated in the eastern margin of Lut Block in Khunik startigraphic section, west of Qaen, based on calcareous nannofossils. The stratigraphic interval mainly consists of marls with sandstone interlayers (196 m thick). According to the systematic studies, 30 nannofossil species belonging to 20 genera were identified. Based on the presence of index calcareous nannofossils such as Calcicalathina oblongata, Speetonia colligata, Eiffellithus striatus and the fossil assemblages Calcicalathina oblongata Zone (CC3), Cretarhabdus loriei Zone (CC4) and Lithraphidites bollii Zone (CC5) these deposits are equivalent to NK3A subzone – middle part of NC5B subzone. According to the determined biozones, early Valanginian to late Hauterivian age was suggested for the studied interval.
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