Neogene lake systems of Central and South-Eastern Europe: Faunal diversity, gradients and interrelations

Harzhauser, Mathias; Mandić, Oleg

doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.12.013

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“…The Turolian shift of the Lake Pannon shoreline from the nDB towards the southeast confirms seismic data (Magyar Kováč et al (1998), Rögl (1998), Gradstein et al (2004), , Vasiliev (2006), Harzhauser & Mandic (2008). Calcareous Nannoplankton sensu Martini (1971), Marunteanu (1997), Kováč et al (2008).…”

Section: Late Miocene and Pliocene Biostratigraphy Of The Northern Dasupporting

confidence: 66%

Late Miocene and Pliocene history of the Danube Basin: inferred from development of depositional systems and timing of sedimentary facies changes

Kováč¹,

Synak²,

Fordinál³

et al. 2011

Geologica Carpathica

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Abstract:The development of the northern Danube Basin (nDB) was closely related to the Late Miocene geodynamic evolution of the Pannonian Basin System. It started with a wide rifting which led to subsidence of several basin depocenters which were gradually filled during the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene. In the Late Pliocene the subsidence continued only in the basin's central part, while the northern marginal zone suffered inversion and the uplifted sedimentary fill began to be eroded. Individual stages of the basin development are well recorded in its sedimentary succession, where at least three great tectono-sedimentary cycles were documented. Firstly, a lacustrine cycle containing Lower, Middle and lowermost Upper Pannonian sediments (A-F Zones; sensu Papp 1951) deposited in the time span 11.6-8.9 Ma and is represented in the nDB in Slovakia by the Ivanka and Beladice Formations. In the Danube Basin of the southern part in Hungary, where the formations are defined by the appearance of sedimentary facies in time and space, the equivalents are: (1) the deep-water setting marls, clays and sandy turbidites of the Endrőd and Szolnok Formations leading to the overlying strata deposits of the basin paleoslope or delta-slope represented by the Algyő Formation, and (2) the final shallow-water setting deposits of marshes, lagoons and a coastal and delta plain composed of clays, sands and coal seams, represented by the Újfalu Formation. The second tectono-sedimentary cycle was deposited in an alluvial environment and it comprises the Upper Pannonian (G and H Zones; sensu Papp 1951) and Lower Pliocene sediments dated 8.9-4.1? Ma. The cycle is represented in the nDB, by the Volkovce Formation and in the southern part by the Zagyva Formation in Hungary. The sedimentary environment is characterized by a wide range of facies from fluvial, deltaic and ephemeral lake to marshes. The third tectono-sedimentary cycle comprises the Upper Pliocene sediments. In Slovakia these are represented by the Kolárovo Formation dated 4.1-2.6 Ma. The formation contains material of weathering crust preserved in fissures of Mesozoic carbonates, diluvial deposits and sediments of the alluvial environment.

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Section: Late Miocene and Pliocene Biostratigraphy Of The Northern Dasupporting

confidence: 66%

Late Miocene and Pliocene history of the Danube Basin: inferred from development of depositional systems and timing of sedimentary facies changes

Kováč¹,

Synak²,

Fordinál³

et al. 2011

Geologica Carpathica

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“…The southern margin of the Sava depression shows particularly high faunal similarity with the mollusk fauna of the Dinaride intra-mountainous basins (Kochansky-Devide (Harzhauser and Mandic 2008), these faunas are regarded to constitute an independent paleobiogeographic unit that we now term the Illyrian Bioprovince. The extension of the Illyrian Bioprovince did not always exactly correlate with the extension of the Dinaride Lake System.…”

Section: Paleogeographic Changes and Faunal Bioprovincesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The upper volcanic ash establishes the age of the lacustrine units and the maximum possible age for the initial Paratethys transgression. In combination, they provide new insights into the duration and evolution of the Dinaride Lake System (Krstić et al 2003;Harzhauser and Mandic 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

Paleogeographic evolution of the Southern Pannonian Basin: 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on the Miocene continental series of Northern Croatia

Mandić

Leeuw

Bulić

et al. 2011

Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch)

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The Pannonian Basin, originating during the Early Miocene, is a large extensional basin incorporated between Alpine, Carpathian and Dinaride fold-thrust belts. Back-arc extensional tectonics triggered deposition of up to 500-m-thick continental fluvio-lacustrine deposits distributed in numerous sub-basins of the Southern Pannonian Basin. Extensive andesitic and dacitic volcanism accompanied the syn-rift deposition and caused a number of pyroclastic intercalations. Here, we analyze two volcanic ash layers located at the base and top of the continental series. The lowermost ash from Mt. Kalnik yielded an 40 Ar/ 39 Ar age of 18.07 ± 0.07 Ma. This indicates that the marine-continental transition in the Slovenia-Zagorje Basin, coinciding with the onset of rifting tectonics in the Southern Pannonian Basin, occurs roughly at the Eggenburgian/Ottnangian boundary of the regional Paratethys time scale. This age proves the synchronicity of initial rifting in the Southern Pannonian Basin with the beginning of sedimentation in the Dinaride Lake System. Beside geodynamic evolution, the two regions also share a biotic evolutionary history: both belong to the same ecoregion, which we designate here as the Illyrian Bioprovince. The youngest volcanic ash level is sampled at the Glina and Karlovac sub-depressions, and both sites yield the same 40 Ar/ 39 Ar age of 15.91 ± 0.06 and 16.03 ± 0.06 Ma, respectively. This indicates that lacustrine sedimentation in the Southern Pannonian Basin continued at least until the earliest Badenian. The present results provide not only important bench marks on duration of initial synrift in the Pannonian Basin System, but also deliver substantial backbone data for paleogeographic reconstructions in Central and Southeastern Europe around the Early-Middle Miocene transition.

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“…In this respect, i.e. dominance of endemics, the Last Interglacial fauna of Lake Ohrid does not generally differ from Neogene faunas of the Balkans (Harzhauser and Mandic, 2008).…”

Section: Comparison Of Recent and Last Interglacial Faunamentioning

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Sediment core fossils in ancient Lake Ohrid: testing for faunal change since the Last Interglacial

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Abstract. Ancient Lake Ohrid is probably of early Pleistocene or Pliocene origin and amongst the few lakes in the world harbouring an outstanding degree of endemic biodiversity. Although there is a long history of evolutionary research in Lake Ohrid, particularly on molluscs, a mollusc fossil record has been missing up to date.For the first time, gastropod and bivalve fossils are reported from the basal, calcareous part of a 2.6 m long sediment succession (core Co1200) from the north-eastern part of Lake Ohrid. Electron spin resonance (ESR) dating of mollusc shells from the same stratigraphic level yielded an age of 130 ± 28 ka. Lithofacies III sediments, i.e. a stratigraphic subdivision comprising the basal succession of core Co1200 between 181.5-263 cm, appeared solid, greyish-white, and consisted almost entirely of silt-sized endogenic calcite (CaCO 3 >70%) and intact and broken mollusc shells. Here we compare the faunal composition of the thanatocoenosis with recent mollusc associations in Lake Ohrid. A total of 13 mollusc species (9 gastropod and 4 bivalve species) could be identified within Lithofacies III sediments. The value of sediment core fossils for reconstructing palaeoenvironmental settings was evaluated and the agreement between sediment and palaeontological proxies was tested.The study also aims at investigating major faunal changes since the Last Interglacial and searching for signs of extinction events.The combined findings of the ecological study and the sediment characteristics suggest deposition in a shallow water environment during the Last Interglacial. The fossil fauna exclusively included species also found in the present fauna, i.e. no extinction events are evident for this site since the Last Interglacial. The thanatocoenosis showed the highest similarity with recent Intermediate Layer (5-25 m water depth)Correspondence to: C. Albrecht (christian.albrecht@allzool.bio.uni-giessen.de) mollusc assemblages. The demonstrated existence of a mollusc fossil record in Lake Ohrid sediment cores also has great significance for future deep drilling projects. It can be hoped that a more far reaching mollusc fossil record will then be obtained, enabling insight into the early evolutionary history of Lake Ohrid.

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Neogene lake systems of Central and South-Eastern Europe: Faunal diversity, gradients and interrelations

Cited by 163 publications

References 23 publications

Late Miocene and Pliocene history of the Danube Basin: inferred from development of depositional systems and timing of sedimentary facies changes

Late Miocene and Pliocene history of the Danube Basin: inferred from development of depositional systems and timing of sedimentary facies changes

Paleogeographic evolution of the Southern Pannonian Basin: 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on the Miocene continental series of Northern Croatia

Sediment core fossils in ancient Lake Ohrid: testing for faunal change since the Last Interglacial

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