Early Miocene detrital zircon age from fluvial deposits of La Marcelina Formation in the Deseado Massif, Southern Patagonia, Argentina by Inés Aramendía, Sol Noetinger, Roberto Pujana, David Barbeu, Juan García-Massini, Sebastián Mirabelli

“…The detrital zircon provenance analysis indicates zircon grains originated mostly in the Jurassic, with limited contributions from the Cretaceous, Permian, and Paleocene. The new age for LMF allows correlating these beds to the upper section of the continental Río Leona Formation in the southern Austral-Magallanes Basin. …”
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Crustal structure and seismic anisotropy of rift basins in Somaliland by Mohammed Y. Ali, Mohammad Ismaiel, Ibrahim M. Yusuf, Ayoub Kaviani

“…The crustal anisotropy at southern Somaliland revealed fast polarization oriented at − 85°, indicating a preserved far-field response of the WNW-ESE trending Late Cretaceous rift event. Overall, the study provides for the first-time insight into the rift-related extensional strain fabric in the crust and upper mantle anisotropy induced by asthenospheric flow in Somaliland.…”
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RESULTS OF THE TECTONOPHYSICAL STUDY IN THE DZHANKHOT THRUST ZONE (NORTHWESTERN CAUCASUS) by A. V. Marinin, T. Yu. Tveritinova

“…The relevance of the research topic is found on the reason that despite the obvious importance of these overthrust nappes in the structure of the Greater Caucasus there is still lack of in-situ observational data on the detailed structure of thrust zones and on tectonic stress distribution pattern therein.As a result of the structural and geological studies of small disjunctive and plicative forms in the Upper Cretaceous and Paleocene sediment contact along the Dzhankhot thrust, there were identified the major structural and tectonic deformation patterns and the areal distribution of tectonic deformations depending on the distance to the thrust. …”
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Homeotic evolution in the mammalia: diversification of therian axial seriation and the morphogenetic basis of human origins. by Aaron G Filler

“…<h4>Conclusion/significance</h4>Clusters of homeotic transformations mark the emergence point of mammals in the Triassic and the radiation of therians in the Cretaceous. A cluster of homeotic changes in the Miocene hominoid Morotopithecus that are still seen in humans supports establishment of a new "hominiform" clade and suggests a homeotic origin for the human upright body plan.…”
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Giant paleo-seafloor craters and mass wasting associated with magma-induced uplift of the upper crust by K. O. Omosanya, K. Duffaut, T. M. Alves, O. E. Eruteya, S. E. Johansen, N. Waldmann

“…Estimates of 1-dimensional uplift based on well data show that uplift occurred due to the intrusion of magma in Upper Cretaceous to Lower Eocene strata. Our findings also prove that subsurface fluid plumbing associated with the magmatic sills was prolonged in time and led to the development of several vertical fluid flow conduits, some of which triggered mass wasting in Neogene to Recent times. …”
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A comparative petrophysical evaluation of the Abu Roash, Bahariya, and Kharita reservoirs using well-logging data, East El-Fayoum, Egypt by Mohamed Osman Ebraheem, Hamza Ahmed Ibrahim, Ahmed Hosny Senosy

“…Therefore, this study emphasizes the application of petrophysical evaluation to sandstone and carbonate reservoirs from the late and early Cretaceous. These formations are the most potential hydrocarbon reservoirs in the studied area as a part of the western desert. …”
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Rediscovering the unusual, solitary bryozoan Monobryozoon ambulans Remane, 1936: first molecular and new morphological data clarify its phylogenetic position by Thomas Schwaha, Sebastian H. Decker, Christian Baranyi, Ahmed J. Saadi

“…Divergence time estimation and ancestral state reconstruction recover the solitary state of M. ambulans as a derived character that probably evolved in the Late Cretaceous. In this study, we also provide the entire mitogenome of M. ambulans, which—despite the momentary lack of comparable data—provides important data of a unique and rare species for comparative aspects in the future. …”
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Synthetic analysis of trophic diversity and evolution in Enantiornithes with new insights from Bohaiornithidae by Case Vincent Miller, Jen A Bright, Xiaoli Wang, Xiaoting Zheng, Michael Pittman

“…However, more quantitative data from across the enantiornithine tree is needed to refine this prediction. By the Early Cretaceous, enantiornithine birds had diversified into a variety of ecological niches like crown birds after the K-Pg extinction, adding to the evidence that traits unique to crown birds cannot completely explain their ecological success.…”
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Combined use of in-reservoir geological records for oil-reservoir destruction identification: A case study in the Jingbian area (Ordos Basin, China) by Zeguang Yang, Aiguo Wang, Pengyun Meng, Min Chen, Kai Guo, Nan Zhu

“…This oil-reservoir destruction was likely caused by the uplift-induced erosion and the fault activities after oil accumulation during the Late Early Cretaceous.…”
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Formation and types of natural gas reservoirs of the Tangyuan fault depression in Yi-Shu graben by Tang Jinsheng, Yang Jianguo, Guo Qingxia, Tang Jinrong

“…The source rock of the Tangyuan fault depression was mainly developed in the Cretaceous and in the Eogene Wuyun Formation, Xin'ancun Formation, Dalianhe Formation Member 1 and Baoquanling Formation Member 1. …”
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Comparison of ASTER and Sentinel-2 spaceborne datasets for geological mapping: a case study from North-East Greenland by Sara Salehi, Christian Mielke, Christian Brogaard Pedersen, Simun Dalsenni Olsen

“…To this end, this study compares the use of two different multispectral spaceborne datasets (i.e. the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) and Sentinel-2) to map geological units in and around Wollaston Forland, North-East Greenland – an area rich in Jurassic and Cretaceous sedimentary rocks and important targets for offshore petroleum exploration. …”
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A Reappraisal of Polyploidy Events in Grasses (Poaceae) in a Rapidly Changing World by Acga Cheng, Noraikim Mohd Hanafiah, Jennifer Ann Harikrishna, Lim Phaik Eem, Niranjan Baisakh, Muhamad Shakirin Mispan

“…Around 80% of megaflora species became extinct at the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) boundary. Subsequent polyploidy events drove the survival of thousands of plant species and played a significant historical role in the development of the most successful modern cereal crops. …”
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PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF GEOLOGICAL TOURISM IN WEST KAZAKHSTAN by Jamilya B. YAKUPOVA, Rysty A. KHALELOVA, Ainur K. KHAIRULLINA, Nursulu S. ZHARMAGANBETOVA, Gulbakhit Zh. ABDUSHEVA

“…A description of the main locations of natural locations of fossils of invertebrate and vertebrate organisms is given, such as the village of Pogodaevo, the Aktolagai Cretaceous Plateau, Akkegershin, the Kara Bala-Kan Temir necropolis, the Koi-Kara, Iman-Kara mountains, the Sululy Kapy gorge, the tracts of the Mangistau region, and places are given storage of fossils, inspection and study of paleontological finds. …”
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GEOCHEMICAL FEATURES OF SALT FORMATIONS OF DRINKING WATER IN SOUTHERN KAZAKHSTAN by Botagoz U. Sharipova, Anuarbek A. Kakabayev, Natalia V. Baranovskaya, Shynar Zh. Arynova, Natalya P. Korogod

“…The increased content of U and TR is associated with the distribution of bed-infiltration types of uranium deposits with rare-earth mineralization in the Cretaceous and Paleogene horizons of the Shu-Sarysu and Syrdarya provinces. …”
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Petrography and hydric characterization of the quarry material of the varieties of Borriol Stone (Castellón) by M. Ovejero, I. Queralt, C. de la Fuente

“…Borriol stone is one of the most widely used and well-known building materials in the Spanish province of Castellapn. It is a cretaceous limestone quarried in the El Abeller quarry, Borriol (Castellón). …”
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Plant remains from the Middle–Late Jurassic Daohugou site of the Yanliao Biota in Inner Mongolia, China by CHRISTIAN POTT, BAOYU JIANG

“…The Daohugou/Yanliao flora is a typical member of the Middle to Late Jurassic Coniopteris-Phoenicopsis assemblage of north-eastern China, differing from the Early Cretaceous Jehol flora. Both floras probably belong to the same cycle of volcanism and sedimentation, although the Daohugou Bed is older than the Yixian Formation. …”
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Marine or freshwater? Accessing the paleoenvironmental parameters of the Caldas Bed, a key marker bed in the Crato Formation (Araripe Basin, NE Brazil) by Filipe Giovanini Varejão, Victor Ribeiro Silva, Mario Luis Assine, Lucas Veríssimo Warren, Suzana Aparecida Matos, Mariza Gomes Rodrigues, Franz Theodor Fürsich, Marcello Guimarães Simões

“…Abstract The Aptian Crato Formation is world renowned for its well-preserved fossils in microbially-induced laminated limestones, which are regarded as one of the main Cretaceous Konservat-Lagerstätte of the geological record. …”
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Burial and Heat Flux Modelling along a Southern Vøring Basin Transect: Implications for the Petroleum Systems and Thermal Regimes in the Deep Mid-Norwegian Sea by Tiago Abreu Cunha, Henrik Rasmussen, Heinrich Villinger, Akinniyi Akintoye Akinwumiju

“…The modelling results show, for example, that, depending on the thermal model assumptions, the depth and age of the optimal mid-Late Cretaceous source-rock horizons may vary by more than 2 km and 10 Ma, respectively.…”
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Methodological add-ons to a non-destructive, micro-CT-based taxonomic/morphometric analysis of characean remains by Benyó-Korcsmáros Réka, Gulyás Sándor, Sebők Dániel, Benyó Dániel, Cseh Péter, Sümegi Pál

“…The present study describes non-destructive analyses of Late Cretaceous and early Holocene charophyte gyrogonites by using the micro-CT technique, from sample preparation (embedding, fixing) to visualisation and assessment of images obtained. …”
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Review of the Fossil Heritage Potential of Shenzhen (Guangdong, China): A Promising Area for Palaeontological Research by David Marius Kroeck, Yanxin Gong, He Chen, Lan Li, Tong Bao

“…The few existing previous investigations revealed a rich terrestrial and marine fossil record and show the great potential of this area for future palaeontological research, particularly on the upper Palaeozoic and Mesozoic strata: Carboniferous successions show plant remains and a diverse benthic marine fauna; fossils from Upper Triassic–Middle Jurassic sediment rocks provide important data for terrestrial and marine palaeoecosystems of this time; and the discovery of dinosaur nests in the Upper Cretaceous strata complements the previously known distribution of dinosaurs in South China. …”
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