Muschelkalk Ramp Cycles Revisited

Götz, Annette E.; Török, Ákos

Abstract

Anisian Muschelkalk ramp cycles are well documented from the northwestern Tethys shelf and its northern Peri-Tethys Basin by detailed studies in Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, and Hungary. High-resolution correlation based on cyclostratigraphy has been attempted in recent years, but is still hampered by precise age control. The recent approach of Tethys–Peri-Tethys correlation of the eccentricity-cycle-scaled Anisian carbonate series integrating global climate signatures improves the so far established small-scale cycle correlation using high-frequency eustatic signatures in the Milankovitch frequency band. Cyclostratigraphic calibration of Lower Muschelkalk ramp deposits of different palaeogeographic settings by astronomical cycle-tuning of gamma-ray, isotopic and magnetostratigraphic data and integration of global climate signatures is the next step towards refined correlation.

Citation

Götz, A. E., & Török, Á. (2018). Muschelkalk Ramp Cycles Revisited. In M. Montenari (Ed.), Stratigraphy & Timescales (265-284). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.sats.2018.08.003

• Online Publication Date: Sep 12, 2018
• Publication Date: 2018
• Deposit Date: Jun 5, 2023
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Pages: 265-284
• Series Title: Cyclostratigraphy and Astrochronology
• Series ISSN: 2468-5178
• Book Title: Stratigraphy & Timescales
• Chapter Number: 6
• ISBN: 978-0-12-815098-6
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.sats.2018.08.003