Red algae grains from the Żurawnica Sandstone Member in the Sucha Beskidzka area (Magura Nappe, Polish Outer Carpathians) as the indicator of shallow water palaeoenvironment on the intrabasinal Tethyan ridge

• Autorzy: Koczur Maria , Waśkowska Anna , Bassi Davide
• Konferencja: Western Tethys meets Eastern Tethys - geodynamical, palaeoceanographical and palaeobiogeographical events : Second Symposium of the International Geoscience Programme IGCP 710 : 28th August - 3rd September, 2023, Kraków, Poland : abstract book
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The Żurawnica Sandstone Member was deposited in the Paleocene on the northern slope of the Magura Basin in the western part of the Tethys. It is built of clastic material transported by gravitational currents from shallow parts of the Foremagura Ridge (Cieszkowski et al., 1999), which was an uplifted intrabasinal structure. At the top of the Żurawnica Hill (Beskid Makowski, location known as Kozie Skały) a well-exposed section crops out. It is a part of flysch succession of the Magura Nappe (Cieszkowski et al., 2006). In the lower part of the section thick-bedded sandstone with red algal grains occurs. Algal remnants were redeposited from the photic zone of the carbonate platform, which developed on the Foremagura Ridge. Their structure-taxonomic differentiation allows to reconstruct algal palaeoenvironment. The red algae are represented by Sporolithaceae, Melobesioideae, and Mastophoroideae genera. They correspond to three algal facies: debris, algal pavement facies, and Melobesioideae rhodolith pavement facies. Sand-sized red algal grains are the most numerous. They are fragmented and well rounded crustaceous algal thalli, typically with no traces of bioerosion. They represent algal debris facies, which was developed in high energy environment (Nebelsick et al., 2005). Red algae grains could be fragmented and rounded during turbidity transport, but considering the different degree of abrasion, especially in gravel fraction, it should be assumed that the rounding took place before the turbidity transportation. Two types of gravel grains are present: not rounded algal limestone clasts and rhodoliths. The non-rhodolith grains are built of encrusting (layered and foliose), warty, and lumpy algal crusts. Rhodoliths can be divided into two types: irregular and regular ones. Irregular rhodoliths are up to 3 cm in diameter. They contain large nuclei constituting grain skeleton. Both non-rhodolith grains and irregular rhodolits are polygeneric and contain numerous benthic organisms (bryozoans, encrusting foraminifera, and bivalves) between algal lamella, as well as constructional voids. They are bioeroded. They are elements of algal pavement facies for which the occurrence of the algal buildups with irregular rhodoliths in areas, where the energy of the environment is a bit higher is typical (Nebelsick et al., 2005, 2013; Bassi et al., 2017). The regular rhodoliths, up to 0.5 cm in size, contain small carboniferous nuclei. Typically, they are unigeneric (Sporolithaceae, Melobesioideae) and not contain other benthic organisms. Lack of constructional voids was observed in thick algal encrustation. Only encrusting growth form was observed. Regular rhodoliths are typically developed as a main part of Melobesioideae rhodoliths pavement facies, which is rather “deep” water facies of high energy environments (Adey, 1986; Bassi et al., 2017).

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Tethys; paleoenvironment; Magura Nappe

PL

tetyda; paleośrodowisko; Polska

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwa AGH ; Stowarzyszenie Naukowe im. Stanisława Staszica
• Czasopismo: Geotourism / Geoturystyka
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: nr 1-2 (72-73)
• Strony: 35--35
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 6 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Koczur Maria

• AGH University of Krakow, al. A. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland

autor

Waśkowska Anna

• AGH University of Krakow, al. A. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland

autor

Bassi Davide

• University of Ferrara, Saragat 1, 44122 Ferrara, Italy

Bibliografia

• [1] Adey W.H., 1986. Coralline algae as indicators of sea-level. In: van de Plassche O. (ed.), Sea-level Research: a manual for the collection and evaluation of data, Springer Dordrecht: 229–280.
• [2] Bassi D., Simone, L. & Nebelsick J.H., 2017. Re-sedimented rhodoliths in channelized depositional systems. In: Riosmena-Rodríguez R., Nelson W., Aguirre J. (Eds), Rhodolith/Maërl Beds: A Global Perspective. Springer Cham: 139–167.
• [3] Cieszkowski M. & Waśkowska-Oliwa A., 2001. Skawce Sandstone Member – a new lithostratigraphic unit of the Łabowa Shale Formation (Paleocene-Eocene: Magura Nappe, Siary Subunit) Polish Outer Carpathians. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Earth Sciences, 49(2): 137–149.
• [4] Cieszkowski M., Schnabel W. & Waskowska-Oliwa A., 1999. Development and stratigraphy of the Paleocene–Early Eocene thick bedded turbidites in the north-western zone of the Magura Nappe, Outer Carpathians, Poland. Geologica Carpathica, 50: 20–21.
• [5] Nebelsick J.H., Bassi D. & Lempp J., 2013. Tracking paleoenvironmental changes in coralline algal-dominated carbonates of the Lower Oligocene Calcareniti di Castelgomberto formation (Monti Berici, Italy). Facies, 59(1): 133–148. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10347-012-0349-6.
• [6] Nebelsick J.H., Rasser M.W. & Bassi D., 2005. Facies dynamics in Eocene to Oligocene circumalpine carbonates. Facies, 51(1): 197–217. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10347-005-0069-2.

Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2024).