The Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary in the Gresten Klippenbelt (Austria)

0330478 - GLÚ 2012 RIV GB eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Lukeneder, A. - Halasová, E. - Kroh, A. - Mayhofer, S. - Pruner, Petr - Reháková, D. - Schnabl, Petr - Sprovieri, M. - Wagreich, M.
The Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary in the Gresten Klippenbelt (Austria).
[Jursko křídová hranice v Gresten Klippenbelt (Rakousko).]
8th International Symposium on the Cretaceous System : abstract volume. Plymouth: University of Plymouth, 2009, s. 28-30. ISBN 978-1-84102-233-8.
[International Symposium on the Cretaceous System /8./. Plymouth (GB), 06.09.2009-12.09.2009]
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA205/07/1365
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z30130516
Keywords : Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary * magnetostratigraphy * biostratography * Gresten Klippenbelt (Austria)
Subject RIV: DE - Earth Magnetism, Geodesy, Geography

Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous pelagic sediments are well known to form a major element of the northernmost tectonic units of the Gresten Klippenbelt (Lower Austria). According to the correlation of the fossil and magnetostratigraphic data, the entire succession of the Nutzhof section embraces a duration of approx. 8 million years (approx. 150-142 Ma). The J/K boundary (the Berriasian Stage base), located near Calpionella Zone base roughly corresponds to magnetozone M19N a succession of M-zones correlative with M17N to M22R. The above reported results strongly suggest that the section mirrors a change of the depositional position of the Nutzhof section from a shallower into a deeper region, and a more stable environment on the European Helvetic shelf to slope during the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous time.
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