The Triassic/Jurassic boundary in three contrasting facies in Hungary

• Autorzy: Pálfy J. , Barbacka M. , Császár G. , Demeny A. , Görög Á. , Haas J. , Götz A. , Oravecz-Scheffer A. , Ozsvárt P. , Piros O. , Ruckwied K. , Szeitz P. , Zajzon N.
• Konferencja: International Congress on the Jurassic System (7 ; 06-18.09.2006 ; Kraków, Poland)
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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Using an integrated stratigraphic approach, the Triassic/Jurassic (T/J) boundary has been studied in two different tectonostratigraphic units and three contrasting facies types in Hungary. In the northeasternmost part of the Transdanubian Range unit (part of the Alcapa terrane), the Csövár section has been intensively studied recently. Here a marine carbonate succession represents slope to basinal facies, deposited in an intraplatform basin near the margin of a Late Triassic Dachstein-type platform system. The T/J boundary is defined on the basis of ammonoid, radiolarian, conodont, and foraminiferan faunas. Paleontological data not only contribute to a biostratigraphic subdivision, but are also interpreted in the context of end-Triassic extinction and earliest Jurassic recovery of different fossil groups. A significant negative carbon isotope excursion is recorded in both carbonate and organic matter in the boundary interval. In other parts of the Transdanubian Range, a Late Triassic carbonate platform is preserved as the thick Dachstein Limestone Formation. In the Gerecse Mts. and the Tata horst, a T/J unconformity truncates the topmost Rhaetian part of the Dachstein Fm. and separates it from the overlying Hettangian strata, deposited in a deepening marine environment. Earliest Hettangian deposits and fossils are absent. A potentially more complete succession occurs farther to the west, in the Bakony Mts. Here the shallow marine carbonate deposition continues into the Hettangian, represented by the Kardosrét Limestone Fm. that overlies the Norian-Rhaetian Dachstein Fm. The lithostratigraphic boundary corresponds to the T/J boundary that marks a significant break in platform development. A disconformity and small hiatus is assumed but its duration has not yet been satisfactorily determined. A surface section on Körishegy and core material from boreholes Zt-62 (near Zirc) and Süt-28 (near Sümeg) have been investigated. The T/J boundary is marked by a sharp disappearance of Triasina hantkeni and changes in the accompanying foraminiferan and dasycladacean algal assemblage. A preliminary stable isotope study of the cores has failed to identify a negative δ ¹ ³C excursion, suggesting a hiatus at the boundary. The Mecsek Mts. in southern Hungary is part of the Tisza unit (or Tisza terrane). Here the T/J boundary falls within the coal-bearing, terrestrial to marginal marine, locally more than 1000 m thick Mecsek Formation but its precise placement has been proved difficult. Palynology offers the best potential for biostratigraphic subdivision. New palynological and paleobotanical studies are underway, aimed at a more precise palynostratigraphy and a reconstruction of climate and vegetation history in the boundary interval. In summary, the T/J boundary sections in Hungary occur in terrestrial, shallow marine (carbonate platform), and deeper marine (slope to basinal) facies. Their study provide new data towards a better understanding of the biotic and environmental changes at this critical interval of Earth history.

Słowa kluczowe

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sedimentary facies; Triassic/Jurassic boundary; Hungary; extinction; carbon isotope excursion

• Wydawca: Państwowy Instytut Geologiczny - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
• Czasopismo: Volumina Jurassica
• Rocznik: 2006
• Tom: Vol. 4, no. 1
• Strony: 292--293

Twórcy

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Pálfy J.

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Barbacka M.

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Császár G.

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Demeny A.

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Görög Á.

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Haas J.

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Götz A.

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Oravecz-Scheffer A.

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Ozsvárt P.

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Piros O.

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Ruckwied K.

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Szeitz P.

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Zajzon N.

• Hungarian Academy of Sciences-Hungarian Natural History Museum Research Group for Paleontology, P.O. Box 137 Budapest, H-1431 Hungary,