UPPER JURASSIC CHALKY LIMESTONES IN THE ZAKRZÓWEK HORST, KRAKÓW, KRAKÓW-WIELUŃ UPLAND (SOUTH POLAND)

Marcin KRAJEWSKI

University of Mining and Metallurgy; Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Ernvironmental Protection, al. Mickiewicza 30; 30-059 Kraków, Poland; e-mail: kramar@geolog.geol.agh.edu.pl

Krajewski, M., 2001. Upper Jurassic chalky limestones in the Zakrzówek Horst, Kraków, Kraków-Wieluń Upland (South Poland). Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae, 71: 43-51.

Key words: Carbonate buildups, microfacies, background sedimentation rate, Upper Jurassic, Kraków, Southern Poland.
Abstract: Chalky limestones in the Zakrzówek Horst were laid down in small sponge-microbolite biostromes that provided stable foundation for the growth of extensive sponge-"Tubiphytes" biostromes forming the nodular limestones in the Zakrzówek area. The ammonites occurred in chalky limestones indicate that the studied deposits belong to the youngest palaentologically documented Upper Jurassic limestones in the Kraków area (Planula zone). The vertical succession of fauna and facies characteristics indicate progressive shallowing of the environment at the end Oxfordian, from deeper shelf to shallower water.
Annales
Societatis
Geologorum
Poloniae

 

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