Abstract
Adriatic Carbonate platform environmental diveristy as observed within the carbonate strata in Gorski kotar area (Karst Dinarides, Croatia) was caused by synsedimentary tectonics when the hitherto uniform platform area was partly differentiated into two different sedimentary environments. In Jasvina zone an uninterrupted shallow-water platform succession occur, indicating shallow subtidal and peritidal environmental conditions. On the other hand, the Breze zone is characterised by the presence of deeperwater pelagic influenced carbonate succession, clearly evidencing the sunken intraplatform trough of unknown dimensions, which was possibly connected with the open basin area. Correlation of carbonate strata of the studied sections allows the reconstruction of sedimentary dynamics and events that led to such diversified environment which represent the inner part of the Adriatic Carbonate Platform.
Highlights
The area of Gorski Kotar (Karst Dinarides, Croatia) is characterised by significant Upper Jurassic carbonate facies variability, it is very interesting for the interpretation of palaeogeographic events in this part of former Adriatic Carbonate Platform area during the Late Jurassic, e.g. [1,2,3,4]
In the broader Gorski kotar area the Late Jurassic is partly characterised by the occurrence of so-called “Lemeš deposits”[5] with cherts and ammonites that indicate deeper-water environments connected with the open basin (Tethys) realm
The major influence on the complex palaeogeographical and depositional relationships in the Kimmeridgian may be attributed to synsedimentary tectonics [22,23,24,25,26]
Summary
The area of Gorski Kotar (Karst Dinarides, Croatia) is characterised by significant Upper Jurassic carbonate facies variability, it is very interesting for the interpretation of palaeogeographic events in this part of former Adriatic Carbonate Platform area during the Late Jurassic, e.g. [1,2,3,4]. In the same stratigraphic level one can observe a sedimentary signature of huge platform area with constant shallow-water conditions ranging from subtidal to supratidal in which different facies in mutual exchange originated These two depositional systems observed in the Gorski kotar area were studied separately in detail by previous researchers, e.g. In this compiled paper that is based on the results of previous research, the lithostratigraphic column from each site is presented due to its detailed facies characteristics; one from the Jasvina zone and the other from the Breze zone These two columns were correlated (Figure 1) which enabled the comparison of simultaneous but laterally distant and quite different platform environments, providing an interesting comparative study to the existing knowledge of the environmental diversity in this part of Adriatic Carbonate platform realm
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