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Upper Cretaceous stratigraphy of the Eastern Sredna Gora Zone

1995; Volume: 25; Issue: 3-4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.52321/geolbalc.25.3-4.3

2535-1060

Ivan Nachev, Ekaterina Dimitrova,

Geological Formations and Processes Exploration

The litostratigraphic subdivision includes the Kardif (Cenomanian?), Cerovska (Cenomanian, Turonian), Gradište (Coniacian, Santonian), Kubadin (Coniacian-Campanian), Sinemorec (Coniacian-Campanian), Izgrev (Coniacian-Campanian), Glušnik (Campanian), Konjovo (Campanian) and Dryankovec (Maastrichtian) Formations. The chronostratigraphy is based on microfaunistic (foraminifers) associations. The Cenomanian consists of limnic and coal-bearing undated rocks (Kardif Formation) or of shallow-marine dated clastic rocks and limestones (Cerovska Formation). The Turonian includes the upper part of the shallowwater rocks (Cerovska Formation). The Coniacian is represented by deep-marine graywacke-silstone flysch (Gradište Formation), limestones and arillaceous limestones (Kubadin Formation), tephroturbidite flysch (Sinemorec Formation) and volcanic tuffs (Izgrev Formation). The Santonian includes deepmarine rocks, which are similar to these of the Coniacian. The Campanian is represented by deepmarine limestones and argillaceous limestones (the upper part of Kubadin Formation), tephroturbidite flysch (Sinemorec Formation), limestones and argillaceous limestones (Glušnik Formation), volcanic tuffs (Izgrev Formation) and clastic-limestone flysch (Konjovo Formation). The Maastrichtian is characterized by shallow-marine limestones, sandstones and siltstones (Dryankovec Formation). The sedimentary environments had changed temporally: limnic (Cenomanian?); shallow epicontinental sea (Cenomanian, Turonian); deep-marine Sredna Gora intra-arc trough (Coniacian-Campanian); superimposed shallow epicontinental sea (Maastrichtian). The Early Subhercynian orogenic movements had occured between the Turonian and the Coniacian. The Late Subhercynian orogeny have caused a folding after the Campanian, but before the Maastrichtian.