Stratigraphy and palaeoceanography of late Pleistocene molluscs from the northern coast of the Persian Gulf

• Autorzy: Gholamalian Hossein , Hassani Mohammad-Javad , Keshavarz Musa

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DOI

10.7306/gq.1649

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

We report an extraordinary discovery of marine Pleistocene strata from the north of the Persian Gulf. The Dayyer section contains a rich molluscan fauna including 26 bivalve species, Sr⁸⁷/Sr⁸⁶ data showing that the succession is not older than 153 ka (late Pleistocene). These strata are time-equivalents of the Bakhtiari Formation, but have a very different fossil content and facies. Comparing the Dayyer molluscan community to the present-day fauna of the Persian Gulf shows that many fossil species are absent in the recent waters. The palaeoceanographic distribution of the identified bivalves shows the presence of many of them in the Plio-Pleistocene strata of the Mediterranean Basin. This may point to a temporary connection between the Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Basin during the late Pleistocene and the extinction of many bivalves in the past 153 ka

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Pleistocene; Persian Gulf; Dayyer section; molluscs; palaeogeography

• Wydawca: Państwowy Instytut Geologiczny - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
• Czasopismo: Geological Quarterly
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: Vol. 66, No. 2
• Strony: art. no. 17
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 64 poz., fot., rys., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Gholamalian Hossein

• University of Hormozgan, Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, Bandar Abbas, I.R. Iran

autor

Hassani Mohammad-Javad

• Graduate University of Advanced Technology, Department of Ecology, Institute of Science and High Technology and Envi- ronmental Sciences, Kerman, I.R. Iran

autor

Keshavarz Musa

• University of Hormozgan, Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technologies, Bandar Abbas, I.R. Iran

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