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Stratigraphy and Microfauna (Radiolarians and Foraminifera) of the Upper Cretaceous (Upper Santonian–Lower Campanian) Carbonate Deposits in the Area of Struganik Village, Western Serbia)

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Radiolarians and planktonic foraminifera were studied from the group of sections of the Upper Cretaceous lithographic limestones in the Struganik Village region (Western Serbia). The deposits studied were formed in the local basin that was surrounded by a carbonate platform and was characterized by low-energy conditions of sedimentation. The deposits are represented by micritic limestones with intercalations of calcarenites and rudites. The section of Struganik limestones has a small stratigraphic interval covering the upper Santonian and lower Campanian and having a total thickness of 120–150 m. Radiolarian zones (Crucella robusta and Afens perapediensis) and foraminiferal zones (equivalent of Dicarinella asymetrica and Globotruncanita elevata) were traced here.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are grateful to M. Košt’ák (Charles University, Prague) and V.S. Vishnevskaya (Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences) for valuable advice and comments and to N.V. Gorkova (Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences) and E.A. Zhegallo (Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences) for help in SEM imaging.

Funding

This work was carried out as a part of state assignment no. 0135-2018-0036 with partial financial support from Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant nos. 16-05-00363 and 18-05-00503). Chemical preparation and electron microscope study of radiolarians and analysis of the microfauna complexes were carried out by means of the grant from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research no. 16-05-00363. Additional chemical preparation of Sample 15-25-3 and analysis of the isolated foraminifera complex were carried out by means of the grant from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research no. 18-05-00503.

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    L. G. Bragina & N. Yu. Bragin

  2. Department of Geology, Moscow State University, 119234, Moscow, Russia

    L. F. Kopaevich

  3. Belgrade University, 110000, Belgrade, Serbia

    N. Djerić & N. Gerzina Spajić

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Bragina, L.G., Bragin, N.Y., Kopaevich, L.F. et al. Stratigraphy and Microfauna (Radiolarians and Foraminifera) of the Upper Cretaceous (Upper Santonian–Lower Campanian) Carbonate Deposits in the Area of Struganik Village, Western Serbia). Stratigr. Geol. Correl. 28, 65–87 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0869593820010037

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