Open AccessNew data on the age of the Emine Formation (East Balkan, Bulgaria)
Author(s) -
Kristalina Stoykova,
M. Ivanov
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
spisanie na bʺlgarskoto geologičesko družestvo/spisanie na bʺlgarskoto geologičesko družestvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1314-8680
pISSN - 0007-3938
DOI - 10.52215/rev.bgs.2021.82.3.126
Subject(s) - flysch , paleontology , black sea , geology , sedimentation , range (aeronautics) , calcareous , section (typography) , deep water , event (particle physics) , middle east , sedimentary rock , oceanography , geography , archaeology , sediment , materials science , advertising , business , composite material , physics , quantum mechanics
The study represents new data about chronostratigraphic range of the Emine flysch Formation in its type section at the Black Sea coast near the “Irakli” touristic resort. In the highest stratigraphic levels, calcareous nannofossils of NP 10 Rhomboaster bramlettei zone have been documented, supporting early Eocene age for the formation. These new finds will shed light on the timing of cessation of the turbiditic sedimentation in East Balkan, as well as on the specific expression of the global event – the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) in deep-water environment.