Sedimentary and Diagenetic Controls across the Cretaceous—Paleogene Transition: New Paleoenvironmental Insights of the External Ionian Zone from the Pelagic Carbonates of the Gardiki Section (Epirus, Western Greece)

• Published in: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
• Main Authors: Leonidas Moforis, George Kontakiotis, Hammad Tariq Janjuhah, Alexandra Zambetakis-Lekkas, Dimitrios Galanakis, Panagiotis Paschos, Christos Kanellopoulos, Sotirios Sboras, Evangelia Besiou, Vasileios Karakitsios, Assimina Antonarakou
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2022
• Subjects: microfacies analysis; Senonian limestone formation; siliceous nodules; diagenetic processes; slope-to-basin pelagic carbonates; Ionian calciturbidites; Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering; VM1-989; Oceanography; GC1-1581; The Toe; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10121948; https://doaj.org/article/0ae66f721169499fae4b2efa39548f31

Field investigation, biostratigraphic, paleoecological, and sedimentary microfacies analyses, as well as diagenetic processes characterization, were carried out in the Epirus region (Western Ionian Basin) to define the depositional environments and further decipher the diagenetic history of the Late...