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DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.03.011
论文题名:
Reconstructing Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) paleoenvironments in Armenia based on Radiolaria and benthic Foraminifera; implications for the geodynamic evolution of the Tethyan realm in the Lesser Caucasus
作者: Danelian T.; Zambetakis-Lekkas A.; Galoyan G.; Sosson M.; Asatryan G.; Hubert B.; Grigoryan A.
刊名: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
ISSN: 0031-0182
出版年: 2014
卷: 413
起始页码: 123
结束页码: 132
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Amasia ophiolite ; Armenia ; Cenomanian ; Foraminifera ; Radiolaria ; South Armenian Block
英文摘要: Radiolarians extracted from the sedimentary cover member of the Amasia ophiolite (NW Armenia), Foraminifera, and microfacies observed in the pre-obduction carbonate platform sequence of the South-Armenian Block (Vedi, SE of Yerevan) provide important time constraints for the geodynamic evolution of the Tethyan realm in the Lesser Caucasus.The radiolarian faunal assemblage extracted from radiolarites overlying basaltic lavas (Amasia) is characterized by the presence of Pseudodictyomitra tiara (Holmes), pointing to a Cenomanian age; it establishes the youngest submarine volcanic event of the Tethyan realm preserved in the Lesser Caucasus.The Vedi area allows the detailed study of the obduction of ophiolites onto the South-Armenian Block (SAB), the carbonate sequence of which is overlain conformably by a siliciclastic flysch-type sequence. The last 160. m of the SAB carbonate sequence has been studied during this study; they consist of alternating packstones and grainstones with fragments of echinoderms, gastropods, dasycladale algae and frequent clasts of rudists. The presence of benthic Foraminifera such as Cuneolina gr. pavonia, Daxia cenomana and Pseudocyclammina rugosa argues for a Cenomanian age. The analyzed microfacies and the foraminiferal assemblage suggest a back reef depositional environment.Results from these two distinct geological and paleogeographic areas (the Tethyan oceanic realm preserved in NE Armenia/Amasia and the top of the carbonate sequence of the South-Armenian Block that crops out at Vedi/SE of Yerevan) point to a major geodynamic change that took place during the Cenomanian, involving both the late stage of submarine oceanic magmatic activity and the obduction of ophiolites onto the South-Armenian Block. © 2014 Elsevier B.V.
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/69213
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作者单位: University Lille 1, Department of Earth Sciences, CNRS-UMR 8217 Géosystèmes, SN5, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France; University of Athens, Department of Geology and Geoenvironments, Panepistimiopolis-Zografou, Athens, Greece; Institute of Geological Sciences, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, 24a Baghramian Av., Yerevan, Armenia; University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, CNRS-UMR Géoazur, France; Catholic University of Lille, CNRS-UMR 8217 Géosystèmes, Lille, France

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Danelian T.,Zambetakis-Lekkas A.,Galoyan G.,et al. Reconstructing Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) paleoenvironments in Armenia based on Radiolaria and benthic Foraminifera; implications for the geodynamic evolution of the Tethyan realm in the Lesser Caucasus[J]. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,2014-01-01,413
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