A New Preparation Method of Microfauna from Gypsum: Micropaleontological Association from the Middle Miocene Badenian Gypsum Deposits of Paratethys
Evaporitic gypsum deposits represent an important paleoenvironmental record of the Miocene Badenian of the Carpathian Mountains belt. In this study, we developed a nontoxic method to concentrate calcareous microfossils from gypsum (CaSO<sub>4</sub>·2H<sub>2</sub>O), by treati...
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| author | Hans-Peter Bojar Claudia Antoniade Victor Barbu Ana-Voica Bojar |
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| description | Evaporitic gypsum deposits represent an important paleoenvironmental record of the Miocene Badenian of the Carpathian Mountains belt. In this study, we developed a nontoxic method to concentrate calcareous microfossils from gypsum (CaSO<sub>4</sub>·2H<sub>2</sub>O), by treating the sulfate with ammonium acetate. We applied the newly developed method to gypsum collected from the Evaporitic Formation outcropping northward of Slănic-Prahova in the Eastern Carpathians. For the first time for this formation, we describe a calcareous microfossil assemblage characterized by the presence of planktonic foraminifera as well as cysts and fragments of calcareous algae. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fccaf26abbb04e37a464062864f9b20d2023-11-19T22:55:22ZengMDPI AGGeosciences2076-32632020-04-0110515810.3390/geosciences10050158A New Preparation Method of Microfauna from Gypsum: Micropaleontological Association from the Middle Miocene Badenian Gypsum Deposits of ParatethysHans-Peter Bojar0Claudia Antoniade1Victor Barbu2Ana-Voica Bojar3Studienzentrum Naturkunde—Mineralogie, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Weinzöttlstraße 16, 8045 Graz, AustriaOMV Petrom, Research and Design Institute of Technology Petrom Câmpina, Culturii Bldv 29, Câmpina, 15600 Prahova, RomaniaOMV Petrom, Coralilor str. 22, 013329 Bucharest, RomaniaStudienzentrum Naturkunde—Mineralogie, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Weinzöttlstraße 16, 8045 Graz, AustriaEvaporitic gypsum deposits represent an important paleoenvironmental record of the Miocene Badenian of the Carpathian Mountains belt. In this study, we developed a nontoxic method to concentrate calcareous microfossils from gypsum (CaSO<sub>4</sub>·2H<sub>2</sub>O), by treating the sulfate with ammonium acetate. We applied the newly developed method to gypsum collected from the Evaporitic Formation outcropping northward of Slănic-Prahova in the Eastern Carpathians. For the first time for this formation, we describe a calcareous microfossil assemblage characterized by the presence of planktonic foraminifera as well as cysts and fragments of calcareous algae.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/10/5/158chemical preparation methodgypsum depositscalcareous microfossil assemblageMioceneEastern Carpathians |
| spellingShingle | Hans-Peter Bojar Claudia Antoniade Victor Barbu Ana-Voica Bojar A New Preparation Method of Microfauna from Gypsum: Micropaleontological Association from the Middle Miocene Badenian Gypsum Deposits of Paratethys Geosciences chemical preparation method gypsum deposits calcareous microfossil assemblage Miocene Eastern Carpathians |
| title | A New Preparation Method of Microfauna from Gypsum: Micropaleontological Association from the Middle Miocene Badenian Gypsum Deposits of Paratethys |
| title_full | A New Preparation Method of Microfauna from Gypsum: Micropaleontological Association from the Middle Miocene Badenian Gypsum Deposits of Paratethys |
| title_fullStr | A New Preparation Method of Microfauna from Gypsum: Micropaleontological Association from the Middle Miocene Badenian Gypsum Deposits of Paratethys |
| title_full_unstemmed | A New Preparation Method of Microfauna from Gypsum: Micropaleontological Association from the Middle Miocene Badenian Gypsum Deposits of Paratethys |
| title_short | A New Preparation Method of Microfauna from Gypsum: Micropaleontological Association from the Middle Miocene Badenian Gypsum Deposits of Paratethys |
| title_sort | new preparation method of microfauna from gypsum micropaleontological association from the middle miocene badenian gypsum deposits of paratethys |
| topic | chemical preparation method gypsum deposits calcareous microfossil assemblage Miocene Eastern Carpathians |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/10/5/158 |
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