A revised correlation of Mesozoic polarity chrons and calpionellid zones

Channell, James E T; Grandesso, Paolo

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“…This datum line should be situated at the base of the Alpina Zone of calpionellids. Channel & Grandesso (1987) correlated the magnetostratigraphy of the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary with micropaleontological proxies. They put the boundary between the Crassicollaria/Calpionella Zones, inside the M19n Magnetochron.…”

Section: The J/k Boundary Line: a Historical Reviewmentioning

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The Brodno section — a potential regional stratotype of the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary (Western Carpathians)

Michalı́k¹,

Reháková²,

Halásová³

et al. 2009

Geologica Carpathica

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Compared to coeval successions from the Carpathians, the continuous Jurassic-Cretaceous (J/K) pelagic limestone succession of the Brodno section offers the best possibility to document the J/K passage in a wide area. This section comprises a complete calpionellid, and nannofossil stratigraphic record, that supports the older paleomagnetic data. Moreover, the sequence stratigraphy and stable isotope (δ 18 O, δ 13 C) data gave important results, too, enabling comparison with known key sections from the Mediterranean Tethys area.Key words: J/K boundary, Western Carpathians, regional stratotype, stable isotopes, biostratigraphy, microfossils, pelagic carbonates. Geological context of the Brodno section: an overviewThe Brodno section is situated in an abandoned quarry on the eastern side of the narrow straits of the Kysuca River Valley north of the town of Žilina (known as the "Kysuca Gate", Fig. 1). It yields a record of hemipelagic marine sedimentation in a marginal zone (the Pieniny Klippen Belt) of the Outer Western Carpathians. The lithology, fossil record (including ammonites and aptychi) and stratigraphy were studied by Andrusov (1938Andrusov ( , 1950Andrusov ( , 1959, Scheibner (1961, 1962, 1967), Borza (1969, Scheibnerová (1969), andSamuel et al. (1988). A more detailed description of the Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous litho-and biostratigraphy was provided by Michalík et al. (1990), Vašíček et al. (1992). Houša et al. (1996) introduced the magnetostratigraphy of the Jurassic/Cretaceous (J/K) boundary beds correlated with the microbiostratigraphic data.This paper discusses the results of an integrated biostratigraphic study using three microplankton groups (calpionellids, calcareous dinoflagellates and nannofossils), as well as stable isotope data (δ 18 O, δ 13 C) in the Brodno section, which is proposed here as the candidate for a West Carpathian regional J/K boundary stratotype. The distribution of the stratigraphically important planktonic organisms revealed several coeval calpionellid and nannofossil bioevents recorded in the pelagic carbonate sequence of the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary age. The stable isotope data underline environmental changes during the interval studied.According to the International Commission on Jurassic Stratigraphy, it is necessary to search for complete sections, which can provide continuous records of both sedimentation and biotic events across stage boundaries. Although the Brodno section lacks ammonite record, it is presented here as a potential candidate considering its continuously well exposed and biostratigraphically properly documented succession, at least for the West Carpathian region. Material and methodsThe Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary succession was studied using an integrated sequence-, bio-and isotope stratigraphy approach from the detailed rock section sampled. A quantitative microfacies analysis was carried in thin sections for the sequence stratigraphic pattern of these pelagic limestones (see Reháková 2000a; Michalík 2007). The calpionellids an...

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Section: The J/k Boundary Line: a Historical Reviewmentioning

confidence: 96%

The Brodno section — a potential regional stratotype of the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary (Western Carpathians)

Michalı́k¹,

Reháková²,

Halásová³

et al. 2009

Geologica Carpathica

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“…The zone is known from Slovakia (Borza 1984;Borza and Michalík 1986;Reháková 1995Reháková , 2000aReháková and Michalík 1997a, b;Houša et al 1999a, b;Michalík et al 2009;Grabowski et al 2010b), Poland (Pszczółkowski 1996;Pszczółkowski and Myczyński 2004;Boorova et al 2004;Grabowski and Pszczółkowski 2006), Romania (Рор 1974Romania (Рор , 1986bRomania (Рор , c, 1994Romania (Рор , 1997bRomania (Рор , 1998bBarbu and Melinte-Dobrinescu 2008), eastern Serbia (Lakova et al 2009), Greece (Skourtsis-Coroneou and Solakius 1999), Italy (Channell and Grandesso 1987;Grün and Blau 1997;Houša et al 2004;Andreini et al 2007), Austria (Vašíček et al 1999;Reháková 2004, 2007;Reháková et al 1996Reháková et al , 2009Lukeneder et al 2010), Hungary (Grabowski et al 2010b), Spain , Iran (Azimi et al 2008), Tunisia (Boughdiri et al 2006(Boughdiri et al , 2009, Morocco (Benzaggagh and Atrops 1995;Benzaggagh et al 2009), Cuba (Рор 1976Pszczółkowski et al 2005;Pszczółkowski and Myczyński 2010), Mexico (Adatte et al 1994) and Bulgaria (Bakalova 1977;Lakova 1993;…”

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“…Correlations: The Chitinoidella Zone was recorded from Spain Geyssant 1975, Pruner et al 2010), Slovakia (Borza 1984;Borza and Michalík 1986;Reháková 1995;Reháková and Michalík 1997a, b;Houša et al 1999a, b;Michalík et al 2009;Grabowski et al 2010b), Hungary (Grabowski et al 2010a), Romania (Pop 1986b, 1997b, 1998b), Poland (Pszczół-kowski 1996Pszczółkowski and Myczyński 2004;Grabowski and Pszczółkowski 2006), Ukraine , Italy (Grandesso 1977;Channell and Grandesso 1987;Grün and Blau 1997;Andreini et al 2007;Houša et al 2004), Austria (Reháková et al 1996Lukeneder et al 2010), Turkey (Altiner and Özkan 1991), Tunisia (Boughdiri et al 2006(Boughdiri et al , 2009Sallouhi et al 2011), Morocco (Benzaggagh and Atrops 1995;Benzaggagh et al 2010), Cuba (Pszczółkowski 1999;Pszczółkowski and Myczyński 2010). The presence of the genus Chitinoidella was also reported from Germany (Doben 1963).…”

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“…Correlations: The zone is widely known from the Tethyan Realm: in France (Remane 1963(Remane , 1971Le Hégarat and Remane 1968;Cecca et al 1989), Italy (Catalano and Liguori 1971;Channell and Grandesso 1987;Grün and Blau 1997;Andreini et al 2007;Houša et al 2004), Spain (Allemann et al 1975;Pruner et al 2010), Slovakia (Borza 1984;Borza and Michalík 1986;Reháková 1995;Reháková and Michalík 1997a, b;Houša et al 1999a, b;Michalík et al 2009;Grabowski et al 2010b), Poland (Wierzbowski and Remane 1992;Pszczółkowski 1996;Pszczółkowski and Myczyński 2004;Grabowski and Pszczółkowski 2006), Romania (Рор 1974Romania (Рор , 1986bRomania (Рор , c, 1994Romania (Рор , 1997bRomania (Рор , 1998bBarbu and Melinte-Dobrinescu 2008), Hungary (Grabowski et al 2010a), Austria (Reháková et al 1996Lukeneder et al 2010), Greece (Skourtsis-Coroneou and Solakius 1999), Turkey (Altiner and Özkan 1991), Iran (Azimi et al 2008), Tunisia (Boughdiri et al 2006(Boughdiri et al , 2009. It is the same as the "A zone" of Remane (1963) in Tunisia (Ben AbdesselamMahdaoui et al 2010), Morocco (Benzaggagh and Atrops 1995;…”

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Towards a standard Tithonian to Valanginian calpionellid zonation of the Tethyan Realm

Lakova¹,

Petrova²

2013

Acta Geologica Polonica

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ABSTRACT:Lakova, I. and Petrowa, S. 2013. Towards a standard Tithonian to Valanginian calpionellid zonation of the Tethyan Realm. Acta Geologica Polonica, 63 (2), 201-221. Warszawa.A calpionellid zonal scheme is proposed for the Tithonian through Valanginian pelagic carbonates of the Western Balkan Unit, based on the vertical ranges of 57 chitinoidellid and calpionellid species recognized. This zonal scheme consists of calpionellid zones that are widely accepted in the Mediterranean Realm, such as the zones of Chitinoidella, Praetintinnopsella, Crassicollaria, Calpionella, Calpionellopsis, Calpionellites and Tintinnopsella. Subzonal divisions are comparable to those in the Carpathians. Direct correlations between ammonite and calpionellid ranges suggest that the base of the Upper Tithonian corresponds to the FO of Chitinoidella boneti; that of the Upper Berriasian to the FO of the genus Calpionellopsis; and the base and top of the Lower Valanginian to the FO and LO of the genus Calpionellites respectively. Correlations of the calpionellid zonation in the study area with zonations in other areas are discussed.

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“…The calpionellids of our assemblage 4 are T. longa, C. alpina, C. elliptica, R. borzai, R. duranddelgai, R. catalanoi, R. ferasini and T. carpathica, which is similar to the association found by Pop (1974). A palaeobiogeographical study on this bioevent (Pop 1994) showed its distribution in western Tethys in the Southern Carpathians (Pop 1974, 1986), Western Carpathians (Vasicek et al 1994Borza and Michalik 1986), SE France (Le Hégarat and Remane 1968;Charollais et al 1981), Southern Alps (Channell and Grandesso 1987), Sicily (Catalano and Liguori 1971), Subbetic area (Alleman et al 1975), and westwards to Cuba (Pop 1976). …”

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The lower and middle Berriasian in Central Tunisia: Integrated ammonite and calpionellid biostratigraphy of the Sidi Kralif Formation

Maâlaoui¹,

Zargouni²

2016

Acta Geologica Polonica

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:Maalaoui, K. and Zargouni, F. 2016. The lower and middle Berriasian in Central Tunisia: Integrated ammonite and calpionellid biostratigraphy of the Sidi Kralif Formation. Acta Geologica Polonica, 66 (1), 43-58. Warszawa.The lower and middle Berriasian sedimentary succession of the Sidi Kralif Formation has been a subject of biostratigraphic study in two key sections in Central Tunisia. Our contribution is an attempt to better define the basal Berriasian interval, between the Berriasella jacobi Zone and the Subthurmannia occitanica Zone. Zonal schemes are established using ammonites and calpionellids, and these permit correlation with other regions of Mediterranean Tethys and beyond. The use of biomarkers afforded by microfossil groups has allowed characterization and direct correlation with four widely accepted calpionellid sub-zones, namely Calpionella alpina, Remaniella, Calpionella elliptica and Tintinopsella longa. The two ammonite zones of Berriasella jacobi and of Subthurmannia occitanica are recognised on the basis of their index species. The parallel ammonite and calpionellid zonations are useful as a tool for correlation and calibration in time and space, thus allowing a better definition of a J/K boundary. The presence of four Berriasian calpionellid bioevents is recognised: (1) the 'explosion' of Calpionella alpina, (2) the first occurrence of Remaniella, (3) the first occurrence of Calpionella elliptica and (4) the first occurrence of Tintinopsella longa. The last is here documented as coeval with the presence of Subthurmannia occitanica, which marks the lower/middle Berriasian boundary.

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A revised correlation of Mesozoic polarity chrons and calpionellid zones

Cited by 57 publications

References 14 publications

The Brodno section — a potential regional stratotype of the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary (Western Carpathians)

The Brodno section — a potential regional stratotype of the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary (Western Carpathians)

Towards a standard Tithonian to Valanginian calpionellid zonation of the Tethyan Realm

The lower and middle Berriasian in Central Tunisia: Integrated ammonite and calpionellid biostratigraphy of the Sidi Kralif Formation

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