- Tytuł:
- A unique fossil record from neptunian sills: the worlds most extreme example of stratigraphic condensation (Jurassic, western Sicily)
- Autorzy:
- Wendt, J.
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/139227.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2017
- Wydawca:
- Polska Akademia Nauk. Czytelnia Czasopism PAN
- Tematy:
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Sicily
Jurassic
biostratigraphy
synsedimentary tectonics
Neptunian sills
condensation
ammonite fauna
sea level
Sycylia
jura
biostratygrafia
tektonika synsedymentacyjna
kondensacja
amonity
poziom morza - Opis:
- Neptunian sills at Rocca Busambra, a fragment of the Trapanese/Saccense Domain in western Sicily, host the most abundant ammonite and gastropod fauna which has ever been recorded from the Jurassic of the western Tethys. The fauna is dominated by parautochthonous organisms which were swept into the sills by gentle transport. Ammonites are characterized by perfect preservation and small size, a feature which is due to the predominance of microconchs but also of stunting. The most complete sill is 0.7 m thick and could be separated into 17 levels which range in age from the early Toarcian into the late Kimmeridgian, thus representing the most extreme case of palaeontologically and depositionally documented stratigraphic condensation in Earth history. The unique feature of the Rocca Busambra sills is due to the interaction of three processes: extreme stratigraphic condensation on the sea floor, weak tectonic fracturing of the host rock and repeated reopening on top of already existing sills. Contrasting percentages of gastropods in individual levels reflect sea-level oscillations which correspond to long known low- and highstands during the Jurassic of the western Tethys. Comparisons with other ammonite-bearing sill faunas reveal several similarities, but represent only short-timed phases of tectonic pulses and deposition.
- Źródło:
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Acta Geologica Polonica; 2017, 67, 2; 163-199, [6]
0001-5709 - Pojawia się w:
- Acta Geologica Polonica
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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