10.30486/gcr.2019.1878598.1014

‘Canaralele din Portul Hârșova’- The paleontological importance of the most complete Oxfordian geosite in Central Dobrogea, Romania

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  • Delia-Georgeta Dumitraş*1,
  • Dan Grigore1,
  • Diana Perşa1,
  • Mohamed Abioui2,
  1. Geological Institute of Romania, 1st Caransebeş Street, Sector 1, 012271, Bucharest, Romania
  2. Geology Department, Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco
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Received: 2019-09-21

Accepted: 2019-11-03

Published in Issue 2019-12-01

Copyright (c) 2024 Delia-Georgeta Dumitraş, Dan Grigore, Diana Perşa, Mohamed Abioui (Author)

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Dumitraş, D.-G., Grigore, D. ., Perşa, D., & Abioui, M. (2019). ‘Canaralele din Portul Hârșova’- The paleontological importance of the most complete Oxfordian geosite in Central Dobrogea, Romania. Geoconservation Research, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.30486/gcr.2019.1878598.1014
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Abstract

âCanaralele din Portul HârÈovaâ geosite is integrated into âCanaralele Dunariiâ Natura 2000 site (ROSCI0022), and represents the northern part of the geologic profile in Jurassic deposits that is exposed along the Danube River valley between HârÈova and Capidava. This sector exhibits Middle and Upper Jurassic deposits, developed in biohermal (in situ spongalgal, coralgal reefs and stromatolits) and biostromal facies. All around HârÈova, on the right bank of the Danube, the landscape is dominated by ruiniform shapes of this spongalgal limestones, formed through differential dissolution. The Callovian and Oxfordian fossil fauna contents are of biostratigrafic and paleoecological importance.

Keywords

  • Bioherm,
  • Biostratigraphy.,
  • Canarale,
  • Fossils,
  • Geosite
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