Cretaceous–Paleogene Boundary in the Sequences of the Northeastern Caucasus, Dagestan: Sedimentology, Geochemistry, and Biota


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The results of integrated study of the Cretaceous/Paleogene transition in the northeastern Caucasus are reported. The lithological, geochemical and micropaleontological characteristics of the sediments from two sections (Okhli and Gubden, Mountainous Dagestan) accumulated in different parts of paleobasin are displayed. An analysis of nannofossil distribution at the Cretaceous/Paleogene transition allowed to define the stratigraphic position of the stage boundary and reveal the interval of sediments (1–2 m thick transitional zone) accumulated under stress conditions. The large-scale sea-level fall occurred at the onset of the Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary event is evidenced. It led to the erosion and redeposition of the Maastrichtian calcareous sediments. In Okhli section, the occurrence of palygorskite is detected in the clay mineral assemblage of the transitional zone. The local concentrations of coprolites (Decapoda?) and spherical nodules of different composition (more likely, concretions) are found in the clay layer onlapping the erosional surface at the top of Maastrichtian. There is no reliable evidence of the impact nature of these nodules. The lithological record at the Cretaceous/Paleogene transition of the studied sections is similar to those exposed in other areas of the NE Peri-Tethys (e.g., southern Turkmenistan and Mangyshlak Peninsula).

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Yu. Gavrilov

Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Email: yugavrilov@gmail.com
Rússia, Moscow, 119017

E. Shcherbinina

Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: yugavrilov@gmail.com
Rússia, Moscow, 119017

E. Shchepetova

Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: yugavrilov@gmail.com
Rússia, Moscow, 119017

O. Golovanova

Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: yugavrilov@gmail.com
Rússia, Moscow, 119017

B. Pokrovsky

Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: yugavrilov@gmail.com
Rússia, Moscow, 119017

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