New data on facies development and micropaleontology of the eastern margin of the Getic Carbonate Platform (South Carpathians, Romania): case study of Mateiaş Limestone

Authors

Ioan I. Bucur, Department of Geology, Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaFollow
Daniela Beles, Holcim Romania S.A.Follow
Emanoil Sasaran, Department of Geology, Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaFollow
Constantin Balica, Department of Geology, Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaFollow

Abstract

Mateiaş Limestone represents a lithostratigraphic unit included in the Braşov Series, which is a component of the eastern end of the Getic Nappes’ cover (the Getic carbonate platform). The study of the Mateiaş Limestone in Hulei-Mateiaş-Măgura area has evidenced three main facies, and five microfacies types. The Kimmeridgian (possibly also Early Tithonian) age of the Mateiaş Limestone has been assigned based on a microfossil association identified in thin sections. The regional framework, as well as their sedimentological and micropaleontological features point to the deposition of these limestones on shelf margin and slope environments; the succession in the studied area corresponds to the lower-median part of the carbonate deposits developed in more internally eastern parts of the Getic carbonate platform.

Recommended Citation

Bucur, Ioan I.; Beles, Daniela; Sasaran, Emanoil; and Balica, Constantin (2010) New data on facies development and micropaleontology of the eastern margin of the Getic Carbonate Platform (South Carpathians, Romania): case study of Mateiaş Limestone, Studia UBB Geologia 55 (2): 33-41
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1937-8602.55.2.2
Available at: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/geologia/vol55/iss2/art2