Changing depositional environments in the semi-restricted Late Jurassic Lemeš Basin (Outer Dinarides; Croatia)

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Changing depositional environments in the semi-restricted Late Jurassic Lemeš Basin (Outer Dinarides; Croatia). / Vitzthum, Michael A.J.; Gawlick, Hans Jürgen; Sachsenhofer, Reinhard F. et al.
In: Facies, Vol. 68.2022, No. 1, 2, 01.2022.

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Vitzthum MAJ, Gawlick HJ, Sachsenhofer RF, Neumeister S. Changing depositional environments in the semi-restricted Late Jurassic Lemeš Basin (Outer Dinarides; Croatia). Facies. 2022 Jan;68.2022(1):2. Epub 2021 Dec 18. doi: 10.1007/s10347-021-00640-1

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title = "Changing depositional environments in the semi-restricted Late Jurassic Leme{\v s} Basin (Outer Dinarides; Croatia)",
abstract = "The up to 450 m-thick Upper Jurassic Leme{\v s} Formation includes organic-rich deep-water (max. ~ 300 m) sedimentary rocks deposited in the Leme{\v s} Basin within the Adriatic Carbonate Platform (AdCP). The Leme{\v s} Formation was investigated regarding (1) bio- and chemostratigraphy, (2) depositional environment, and (3) source rock potential. A multi-proxy approach—microfacies, Rock–Eval pyrolysis, maceral analysis, biomarkers, and stable isotope ratios—was used. Based on the results, the Leme{\v s} Formation is subdivided from base to top into Leme{\v s} Units 1–3. Deposition of deep-water sediments was related to a late Oxfordian deepening event causing open-marine conditions and accumulation of radiolarian-rich wackestones (Unit 1). Unit 2, which is about 50 m thick and Lower early Kimmeridgian (E. bimammatum to S. platynota, ammonite zones) in age, was deposited in a restricted, strongly oxygen-depleted basin. It consists of radiolarian pack- and grainstones with high amounts of kerogen type II-S organic matter (avg. TOC 3.57 wt.%). Although the biomass is predominantly marine algal and bacterial in origin, minor terrestrial organic matter that was transported from nearby land areas is also present. The overlying Unit 3 records a shallowing of the basin and a return to oxygenated conditions. The evolution of the Leme{\v s} Basin is explained by buckling of the AdCP due to ophiolite obduction and compressional tectonics in the Inner Dinarides. Leme{\v s} Unit 2 contains prolific oil-prone source rocks. Though thermally immature at the study location, these rocks could generate about 1.3 t of hydrocarbon per m2 surface area when mature.",
keywords = "Anoxia, Depositional environment, Kimmeridgian, Organic-rich deposits, Outer Dinarides",
author = "Vitzthum, {Michael A.J.} and Gawlick, {Hans J{\"u}rgen} and Sachsenhofer, {Reinhard F.} and Stefan Neumeister",
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AU - Gawlick, Hans Jürgen

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