Multivariate paleoecological analyses of Badenian and Sarmatian molluscan assemblages from the NW Vienna Basin (Rohožník-Konopiská, Slovakia)

• Autorzy: Fuksi T.

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DOI

10.7494/geol.2015.41.1.80

• Konferencja: XVIth International Conference of Young Geologists Her'lany 2015
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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Middle Miocene marine sediments in the Vienna Basin provide opportunities for analyses of spatial and temporal variation in the composition of molluscan communities, especially across the Badenian/Sarmatian boundary. In this study, we describe variation in composition of molluscan assemblages with multivariate analyses (cluster and ordination analyses). In ongoing analyses, we test whether Badenian and Sarmatian assemblages, distinguished on the basis of foraminiferal assemblages by Čierna (1974), significantly differ in their axonomic and life habit composition.We focus on a unique set of samples recovered by 80 closely-located borehole cores in 1963 near Rohoznik-Konopiska (Rohalová & Hash 2000), penetrating to ~30–100 m depth in the western part of Slovakia. These cores capture sediments of the Studienka (Badenian) and Holíč (Sarmatian) formations that consist of clays, sands and silts. Čierna (1974) studied foraminiferal assemblages in these cores and found that they correspond mainly to the Upper Badenian and Sarmatian. The boundary between the Badenian and Sarmatian sediments is located at ~206 m.a.s.l. in the SW part and at ~180 m.a.s.l. in the NE part of the study area. Diverse molluscan assemblages in this area were described by Švagrovský (1971, 1981), Mesároš (1986) and Hladilová (1991). A well preserved shelly material from 80 borehole cores of Rohožník contains presently more than 6000 individuals (mainly of Badenian age), with ongoing screening of additional samples. They correspond to 156 gastropod, bivalve, and scaphopod taxa at species and genus-level resolution. 72 samples were subjected to preliminary multivariate analyses in the R language. A cluster analysis is based on a Bray-Curtis distance and square-root transformed proportional abundances. Ordination analyses are represented by non-metric multidimensional scaling and by principal coordinate analysis.The cluster analysis discriminated five major sample groups with a recurrent taxonomic composition, although ordination analyses show that some of these groups do not form discrete clusters in a multivariate space but rather continuously grade into each other. Mohrensternia sp. and Bittium reticulatum are dominant in the first group. These taxa represent herbivorous euryhaline gastropods, which preferred muddy bottoms (Švagrovský 1971, Kowalke & Harzhauser 2004). Nassarius illovensis, Acteocina lojankeriana, Nuculana fragilisand Clithon pictusdominate in the second group. N. fragilis represents an infaunal, mobile, asiphonate deposit-feeder; gastropods are represented by mobile taxa with different food requirements that lived in photic zone (Leonard-Pingel et al. 2012). The third group is dominated by Corbula gibbaand Nucula nucleus. C. gibbaand N. nucleus represent opportunistic bivalve species that indicate unstable habitats with muddy bottoms, frequently characterized by low-oxygen concentrations and by organic enrichment (Holmes 2002, Hrs-Brenko 2006, N ́Siala et al. 2008). The fourth group is dominated by Alvania curta, accompanied with Amalda gladiformis, Cerithium europaeum,and by Aporrhais pespelecaniand Acanthocardia turonica that occur exclusively in the Badenian (Harzhauser & Piller 2007, Studencka & Popov 1996). A. turonica prefers sandy bottom, gastropods are represented by herbivore taxa (Švagrovský 1981, Studencka 1986). The fifth group can be characterized as Diloma and Cerithium-dominated association. It mainly consists of gastropods. Diloma occurs in sandy littoral environments (Kroh & Harzhauser 1999). This discrimination of samples fits with the result of principal coordinate analysis where these taxa group similarly. Associations of molluscs indicate that sedimentation occurred in the photic zone because the determined molluscs predominantly occupied to shallow subtidal environments. The high abundance of Corbula gibba and Nucula nucleus shows a presumption of stratification of water column, with low content of O2 on the bottom. Some samples in the uppermost parts of cores imply brachyhaline conditions.

Słowa kluczowe

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cluster analyse; ordination analyse; borehole

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwa AGH
• Czasopismo: Geology, Geophysics and Environment
• Rocznik: 2015
• Tom: Vol. 41, no. 1
• Strony: 80--81
• Opis fizyczny: Bibloiogr. 15 poz.

Twórcy

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Fuksi T.

• Slovak Academy of Science, Geological Institute; Dúbravská cesta 9, 84 005 Bratislava, Slovakia

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