Microfacies of Mesozoic Carbonate

Glauconite and phosphate peloids in Mesozoic carbonate sediments (Eastern Subbetic Zone, Betic Cordilleras, SE Spain)

AB STRACT: Glauconite and Ca phosphate peloids occur in Jurassic and Cretaceous bioclastic carbonate rocks from pelagic swell sequences of the Algayat-Crevillente Unit (Subbetic Zone). The size and morphology of the peloids are controlled by the bioclasts. The glauconite in both stratigraphic positions is K rich (>0.69 atoms p.f.u.) and shows well-defined 10 AÊ lattice fringes. Poorly crystalli...

The Mesozoic Lacustrine Revolution

The Mesozoic lacustrine revolution (MLR) represents a major evolutionary event in the continental realm (Cohen 2003 ). The decline in taxic diversity at the family level in lacustrine environments that took place during the late Paleozoic–Middle Triassic was reversed later in the Mesozoic, with diversifi cation seeming to have continued to the Quaternary, although potential biases may have affe...

microfacies and sedimentary environment of carbonate rocks of the dalichai formation in northeast of shahroud (rey-abad section)

dalichai formation at the rey-abad section (northeast shahroud) along the principal road of the mayamey-jajarm has a thickness of 166 meters .in this section, middle to upper jurassic carbonate rocks are well exposed and is typically composed of massive to medium-bedded limestones with thin shale interbeds. in the studied area and most places of this region, the lower boundary of dalichai forma...

Thrips pollination of Mesozoic gymnosperms.

Within modern gymnosperms, conifers and Ginkgo are exclusively wind pollinated whereas many gnetaleans and cycads are insect pollinated. For cycads, thrips are specialized pollinators. We report such a specialized pollination mode from Early Cretaceous amber of Spain, wherein four female thrips representing a genus and two species in the family Melanthripidae were covered by abundant Cycadopite...

Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biota