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Age and significance of Upper Cretaceous siliciclastic turbidites in the central Pindos Mountains, Greece

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

M. Wagreich ,
A. Pavlopoulos ,
P. Faupl  and
G. Migiros
M. Wagreich
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology, Geocenter, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, A-1010 Vienna, Austria
A. Pavlopoulos
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Mineralogy-Geology, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, GR-11855 Athens, Greece
P. Faupl
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology, Geocenter, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, A-1010 Vienna, Austria
G. Migiros
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Mineralogy-Geology, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, GR-11855 Athens, Greece
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Abstract

A significant 5- to 30-metre-thick interval of siliciclastic turbidites forming the First Flysch is present in the deep-water succession of the Pindos Zone. Nannofossil investigations in the central parts of the Pindos Mountains of mainland Greece indicate an assemblage of the Marthasterites furcatus zone (CC13). The presence of M. furcatus, together with common Quadrum gartneri suggests that the turbidites were deposited mainly during the middle to upper part of the late Turonian. The siliciclastic turbidites are interpreted as deposits of a lowstand fan as a result of a pronounced short-time eustatic sea-level drop in the late Turonian.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 133 , Issue 3 , May 1996 , pp. 325 - 331
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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