LATE MIOCENE CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSIL STRATIGRAPHY AND BIOEVENTS CORRELATION: KALIDONIA CASE SECTION (NW CRETE, GREECE)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/bgsg.16323
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Calcareous nannoplankton biostratigraphic correlations Tortonian Messinian
S. Bellas
University of Patras, Department of Geology
D. Frydas
University of Patras, Department of Geology
H. Keupp
Free University of Berlin, Department of Geosciences, Institute of Paleontology,
Abstract

Calcareous nannofossils are widely used for biostratigraphic correlations. Quantitative approaches enable better understanding of reliability of bioevents. In order to refine the late Miocene stratigraphy ofNW Crete, the deposits of Kalidonia basin along its type section are here investigated. It was possible to distinguish the Tortonian/Messinian boundary by NNlla & NNllb, CN9a & CN9b, MNNlla & MNNllb biozones. Reticulofenestra pseudoumbilicus PB (Paracme Beginning) and R. rotaria FO (First Occurrence) proved to act as additional significant biohorizons improving the stratigraphie evolution of the studied paleobasin and providing a tight biochronologic framework. The Kalidonia section fully covers an undisturbed marine depositional cycle from the upper Tortonian to upper Messinian, where a predominant deep water fades (DWF) is followed by transitional sediments (TF) and the sequence closes at the top by a reefal-bioclastic fades (RF) relative to the 'Calcare di Base ' in Italy indicating the 'Messinian Salinity Crisis Event.

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