New Sedimentological, Magnetostratigraphic, and Biostratigraphic Data on the Campanian–Maastrichtian of Beshkosh Mountain, Southwest Crimea
Abstract
An integrated study of the Campanian–Maastrichtian deposits of Beshkosh Mountain (Southwest Crimea) was carried out. The finds of cephalopods and dinocysts were studied, and ichnofacies and sedimentological analyses were performed. Isotopic, paleomagnetic, and petromagnetic data were obtained for the first time. New macro- and micropaleontological data made it possible to refine the stratigraphic subdivision of the section and confirm its late Campanian–Maastrichtian age. Paleomagnetic studies have revealed no analogs of magnetic Chron C31r. The only recognizable reversed-polarity magnetozone against the background of the prevailing normal polarity was identified as an analog of Chron C30r. The study of dinocysts revealed a sharp change in their assemblages in the lower part of the section, above which ammonite Pachydiscus (P.) neubergicus neubergicus (Hauer), a marker species of the Campanian–Maastrichtian boundary, was found. An integrated biostratigraphic, magnetostratigraphic, and sedimentological analysis made it possible to recognize the previously unknown unconformity in the Campanian–Maastrichtian boundary interval. Data of stable isotopes are consistent with the proposed hiatus.