Alveolinas From the Bunić Section (Lika, Croatia)
<div>The Bunić section of Palaeogene carbonates is exposed in a tectonic</div><div>window through the Dinaric tectonic units in the Kozjak valley</div><div>in the central part of the Lika region (Croatia). The Lower Eocene</div><div>limestones in this sectio...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Croatian Geological Survey
2010-11-01
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| Series: | Geologia Croatica |
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| Online Access: | http://www.geologia-croatica.hr/ojs/index.php/GC/article/view/313 |
| Summary: | <div>The Bunić section of Palaeogene carbonates is exposed in a tectonic</div><div>window through the Dinaric tectonic units in the Kozjak valley</div><div>in the central part of the Lika region (Croatia). The Lower Eocene</div><div>limestones in this section yielded Alveolina histrica septentrionalis and A. rakoveci. These two species characterize a particular facies of</div><div>shallow water deposits during Middle to Late Cuisian times, as</div><div>observed at Golež and Voz on the north-western margin of the Adriatic</div><div>and also at Lištica and Hrgud in Herzegovina. This is in contrast</div><div>to Alveolina assemblages of the same age composed of A. levantina,</div><div>Periloculina dalmatina, Coskinolina liburnica which characterize the</div><div>shallow transgressive deposits of the coastal and insularregions in</div><div>particular at the Pićan and Benkovac sections.</div><div>The Bunic Alveolina assemblage indicates that the limestones in</div><div>the tectonic window formed part of the sedimentary realm representing</div><div>the north - eastern margin of the Adriatic platform. This also supports</div><div>Herak's tectonic model by distinguishing two tectonically superimposed</div><div>carbonate platforms, the Dinaricum and the Adriaticum separated by an interplatform basin called the Epiadriaticum.</div> |
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| ISSN: | 1330-030X 1333-4875 |