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Upper Cretaceous Chondrichthyes Teeth Record in Phosphorites of the Loma Gorda Formation•
BOLETIN DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/rbct Upper Cretaceous chondrichthyes teeth record in phosphorites of the • Loma Gorda formation Alejandro Niño-Garcia, Juan Diego Parra-Mosquera & Peter Anthony Macias-Villarraga Departamento de Geociencias, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, Colombia. [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Received: April 26th, 2019. Received in revised form: May 17th, 2019. Accepted: June 04th, 2019. Abstract In layers of phosphorites and gray calcareous mudstones of the Loma Gorda Formation, in the vicinity of the municipal seat of Yaguará in Huila department, Colombia, were found fossils teeth of chondrichthyes, these were extracted from the rocks by mechanical means, to be compared with the species in the bibliography in order to indentify them. The species were: Ptychodus mortoni (order Hybodontiformes), were found, Squalicorax falcatus and Cretodus crassidens (order Lamniformes). This finding constitutes the first record of these species in the Colombian territory; which allows to extend its paleogeographic distribution to the northern region of South America, which until now was limited to Africa, Europe, Asia and North America, except for the Ptychodus mortoni that has been described before in Venezuela. Keywords: first record; sharks; upper Cretaceous; fossil teeth; Colombia. Registro de dientes de condrictios del Cretácico Superior en fosforitas de la formación Loma Gorda Resumen En capas de fosforitas y lodolitas calcáreas grises de la Formación Loma Gorda, en cercanías de la cabecera municipal de Yaguará en el departamento del Huila, Colombia, se encontraron dientes fósiles de condrictios; estos fueron extraídos de la roca por medios mecánicos, para ser comparados con las especies encontradas en la bibliografía e identificarlos. -
54. Mesozoic–Tertiary Tectonic Evolution of the Easternmost Mediterranean Area: Integration of Marine and Land Evidence1
Robertson, A.H.F., Emeis, K.-C., Richter, C., and Camerlenghi, A. (Eds.), 1998 Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, Vol. 160 54. MESOZOIC–TERTIARY TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE EASTERNMOST MEDITERRANEAN AREA: INTEGRATION OF MARINE AND LAND EVIDENCE1 Alastair H.F. Robertson2 ABSTRACT This paper presents a synthesis of Holocene to Late Paleozoic marine and land evidence from the easternmost Mediterra- nean area, in the light of recent ODP Leg 160 drilling results from the Eratosthenes Seamount. The synthesis is founded on three key conclusions derived from marine- and land-based study over the last decade. First, the North African and Levant coastal and offshore areas represent a Mesozoic rifted continental margin of Triassic age, with the Levantine Basin being under- lain by oceanic crust. Second, Mesozoic ophiolites and related continental margin units in southern Turkey and Cyprus repre- sent tectonically emplaced remnants of a southerly Neotethyan oceanic basin and are not far-travelled units derived from a single Neotethys far to the north. Third, the present boundary of the African and Eurasian plates runs approximately east-west across the easternmost Mediterranean and is located between Cyprus and the Eratosthenes Seamount. The marine and land geology of the easternmost Mediterranean is discussed utilizing four north-south segments, followed by presentation of a plate tectonic reconstruction for the Late Permian to Holocene time. INTRODUCTION ocean (Figs. 2, 3; Le Pichon, 1982). The easternmost Mediterranean is defined as that part of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea located east ° The objective here is to integrate marine- and land-based geolog- of the Aegean (east of 28 E longitude). -
Morphological and Structural Relations in the Galilee Extensional Domain, Northern Israel
Tectonophysics 371 (2003) 223–241 www.elsevier.com/locate/tecto Morphological and structural relations in the Galilee extensional domain, northern Israel A. Matmona,b,*, S. Wdowinskic, J.K. Hallb a Department of Geology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel b Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malkhe Yisrael Street, Jerusalem 95501, Israel c Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel Received 6 December 2001; accepted 11 June 2003 Abstract The Lower Galilee and the Yizre’el Valley, northern Israel, are an extensional domain that has been developing since the Miocene, prior and contemporaneously to the development of the Dead Sea Fault (DSF). It is a fan-shaped region bounded in the east by the N–S trending main trace of the DSF, in the north by the Bet-Kerem Fault system, and in the south by the NW– SE trending Carmel Fault. The study area is characterized by high relief topography that follows fault-bounded blocks and flexures at a wavelength of tens of km. A synthesis of the morphologic–structural relations across the entire Galilee region suggests the following characteristics: (1) Blocks within the Lower Galilee tilt toward both the southern and northern boundaries, forming two asymmetrical half-graben structures, opposite facing, and oblique to one another. (2) The Lower Galilee’s neighboring blocks, which are the Upper Galilee in the north and the Carmel block in the southwest, are topographically and structurally uplifted and tilted away from the Lower Galilee. (3) The southern half-graben, along the Carmel Fault, is topographically and structurally lower than the northern one. -
Strontium and Oxygen Isotope Analyses Reveal Late Cretaceous Shark Teeth in Iron Age Strata in the Southern Levant
fevo-08-570032 December 11, 2020 Time: 20:56 # 1 ORIGINAL RESEARCH published: 17 December 2020 doi: 10.3389/fevo.2020.570032 Strontium and Oxygen Isotope Analyses Reveal Late Cretaceous Shark Teeth in Iron Age Strata in the Southern Levant Thomas Tütken1*, Michael Weber1, Irit Zohar2,3, Hassan Helmy4, Nicolas Bourgon5, Omri Lernau3, Klaus Peter Jochum6 and Guy Sisma-Ventura7* 1 Institute of Geosciences, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany, 2 Beit Margolin, Oranim Academic College, Kiryat Tivon, Israel, 3 Zinman Institute of Archaeology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel, 4 Department of Geology, Minia University, Minia, Egypt, 5 Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany, 6 Department of Climate Geochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany, 7 Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Haifa, Israel Skeletal remains in archaeological strata are often assumed to be of similar ages. Here we show that combined Sr and O isotope analyses can serve as a powerful tool for assessing fish provenance and even for identifying fossil fish teeth in archaeological Edited by: contexts. For this purpose, we established a reference Sr and O isotope dataset of Brooke Crowley, extant fish teeth from major water bodies in the Southern Levant. Fossil shark teeth were University of Cincinnati, United States identified within Iron Age cultural layers dating to 8–9th century BCE in the City of David, Reviewed by: Jerusalem, although the reason for their presence remains unclear. Their enameloid Laszlo Kocsis, 87 86 18 Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Sr/ Sr and d OPO4 values [0.7075 ± 0.0001 (1 SD, n = 7) and 19.6 ± 0.9 Malte Willmes, (1 SD, n = 6), respectively], are both much lower than values typical for modern marineh University of California, Santa Cruz, United States sharks from the Mediterranean Sea [0.7092 and 22.5–24.6 (n = 2), respectively]. -
Annual Meeting, 1 9
INIS-mf —13541 ANNUAL MEETING, 1993 15- 18 MARCH 1993 ANNUAL MEETING, 1993 EDITED BY: Ittai Qavrieli GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ARAD 15-18 MARCH 1993 Contents PAGE ALMAGOR, G. The Morphology of the Continental Terrace of Northern Israel and Northern Lebanon: Structure and Morphology 1 ALMOGI-LABIN, A., HEMLEBEN, C, MEISCHNER, Dv ERLENKEUSER, E. The Glacial Stages in the Red Sea as Inferred from the Marine Record 2 AMIT, R., HARRISON, J.B.J. Pedogenic Processes in the Interdunal Area of Nizzana Sand Dunes During the Quaternary 3 ANLIN-RUDBERG, N., AYALON, A., BEIN, A., SASS, E., HALICZ, L. Alkaline-Waste-Storage Potential of the Helez Reservoir Rocks 4 ARIEH, E., STEINBERG, J. Intermediate Term Earthquake Prediction in the Dead Sea Transform 5 AVNI, Y. Teaching Science Combined with Scientific Research — An Example from Backward-Erosion Research 6 AVNI, Y., GARFUNKEL, Z. ,BARTOV, Y., GINAT, H. The Influence of the Plio-Pleistocene Fault System on the Tectonic and Geomorphological Structure in the Margin of the Arava Valley 7 BAER, G., BEYTH, M., RECHES, Z. The Mechanics of the Dike Emplacement into Fractured Basement Rocks, Timna Igneous Complex, Israel 8 BAHAT, D., RABINOVITCH, A, FRIEDMAN, M. Detailed Characterization of a Fault Termination 9 BAR-MATTHEWS, M., AYALON, A., MATTHEWS, A., SASS, E. A Preliminary Investigation of the Soreq Cave Speleothems as Indicators of Paleoclimate Variations 10 BARTOV, Y., FRIESLANDER, U., ROTSTEIN, Y. New Observations on the Structure and Evolution of the Arava Rift Valley 11 BARTOV, Y., GOLDMAN, M., RABINOWITZ, B., RABINOWITZ, Mv RONEN, A. Feasibility Study of the TDEM Method in Solving Geological Problems in Israel: Structure of the Central Arava 12 BECK, A. -
The Levant Basin Offshore Israel: Stratigraphy, Structure, Tectonic Evolution and Implications for Hydrocarbon Exploration
The Levant Basin Offshore Israel: Stratigraphy, Structure, Tectonic Evolution and Implications for Hydrocarbon Exploration Michael Gardosh, Yehezkel Druckman, Binyamin Buchbinder and Michael Rybakov Revised Edition GSI/4/2008 GII 429/328/08 April 2008 The Levant Basin Offshore Israel: Stratigraphy, Structure, Tectonic Evolution and Implications for Hydrocarbon Exploration Michael Gardosh1, Yehezkel Druckman2, Binyamin Buchbinder2 and Michael Rybakov1 1 - Geophysical Institute of Israel, P.O.B. 182, Lod 71100, Israel, [email protected] 2 - Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malkhe Israel St., Jerusalem 95501, Israel, [email protected], [email protected] Prepared for the Petroleum Commissioner, Ministry of Infrastructure Revised Edition GSI/4/2008 GII 429/328/08 April 2008 Contents Page Abstract 1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………...... 5 2. Tectonic Setting………………………………………………………………………… 9 3. Data Sets………………………………………………………………………………… 13 3.1 Well data……………………………………………………………………………. 13 3.2 Seismic data…………………………………………………………………………. 14 3.3 Gravity and magnetic data sets…………………………………………………….... 15 4. Stratigraphy…………………………………………………………………………….. 15 4.1 General……………………………………………………………............................ 15 4.2 The Permo-Triassic section………………………………………………………..... 16 4.3 The Jurassic section………………………………………………………………..... 21 4.4 The Cretaceous section……………………………………………………………… 29 4.5 The Tertiary section………………………………………………...……………….. 35 5. Interpretation of Seismic Data………………………………………………………..... 43 5.1 Seismic horizons……………………………………………………………………. -
A Review of Gravity and Magnetic Studies in the Jordan Dead Sea
JJEES (2020) 11 (1): 49-61 JJEES ISSN 1995-6681 Jordan Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences A Review of Gravity and Magnetic Studies in the Jordan Dead Sea Transform Zone Radwan El-Kelani An-Najah National University, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, Palestine Received 1 July 2019, Accepted 29 October 2019 Abstract The geodynamic evolution of the Dead Sea Transform (DST) remains one of the most contentious issues of the eastern Mediterranean tectonics. Therefore, wide-ranging geophysical surveys have been carried out over five decades to fill the gap of geological information existing in the region. The collected data sets allowed new models to be constructed, improving the knowledge of the crustal and lithospheric structure of the DST, and the reformulation of its complex tectonic history. In this context, the contribution of gravity and magnetic investigations deserves, with no doubt, a review on both large and small scales. The potential data were employed to interpret the evolution of the Dead Sea basin, delineating the crustal and upper mantle structure and modelling the density distribution of the sediments. The crystalline basement structure and magmatic intrusions were investigated, and underground structures of salt diapirs were explained and sinkhole hazards were detected along the Dead Sea coast. In order to produce the first comprehensive compilation of gravity and magnetic studies in the Jordan DST zone, all available potential field data were combined and revised. The main features of the potential fields resulting from these surveys were described, and the qualitative and quantitative interpretations proposed by several authors were abridged. -
Mid-Palaeolatitude Sharks of Cretalamna Appendiculata Type
Cenomanian–Campanian (Late Cretaceous) mid-palaeolatitude sharks of Cretalamna appendiculata type MIKAEL SIVERSSON, JOHAN LINDGREN, MICHAEL G. NEWBREY, PETER CEDERSTRÖM, and TODD D. COOK Siversson, M., Lindgren, J., Newbrey, M.G., Cederström, P., and Cook, T.D. 2015. Cenomanian–Campanian (Late Cre- taceous) mid-palaeolatitude sharks of Cretalamna appendiculata type. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 (2): 339–384. The type species of the extinct lamniform genus Cretalamna, C. appendiculata, has been assigned a 50 Ma range (Al- bian–Ypresian) by a majority of previous authors. Analysis of a partly articulated dentition of a Cretalamna from the Smoky Hill Chalk, Kansas, USA (LACM 128126) and isolated teeth of the genus from Cenomanian to Campanian strata of Western Australia, France, Sweden, and the Western Interior of North America, indicates that the name of the type species, as applied to fossil material over the last 50 years, represents a large species complex. The middle Cenomanian part of the Gearle Siltstone, Western Australia, yielded C. catoxodon sp. nov. and “Cretalamna” gunsoni. The latter, reassigned to the new genus Kenolamna, shares several dental features with the Paleocene Palaeocarcharodon. Early Turonian strata in France produced the type species C. appendiculata, C. deschutteri sp. nov., and C. gertericorum sp. nov. Cretalamna teeth from the late Coniacian part of the Smoky Hill Chalk in Kansas are assigned to C. ewelli sp. nov., whereas LACM 128126, of latest Santonian or earliest Campanian age, is designated as holotype of C. hattini sp. nov. Early Campanian deposits in Sweden yielded C. borealis and C. sarcoportheta sp. nov. A previous reconstruction of the dentition of LACM 128126 includes a posteriorly situated upper lateroposterior tooth, with a distally curved cusp, demonstrably misplaced as a reduced upper “intermediate” tooth. -
Late Holocene Paleoclimate Reconstruction of the Northern
LATE HOLOCENE PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE NORTHERN GULF OF AQABA USING FORAMINIFERA AS A PROXY A THESIS IN Environmental and Urban Geosciences Presented to the Faculty of the University of Missouri-Kansas City in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Science By Julie Louise Galloway B.S. Geology, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2009 Kansas City, Missouri 2011 © 2011 JULIE LOUISE GALLOWAY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ii LATE HOLOCENE PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE NORTHERN GULF OF AQABA USING FORAMINIFERA AS A PROXY Julie Louise Galloway, Candidate for the Master of Science Degree University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2011 ABSTRACT A multiproxy analyses of sediment from a 4.3 m core extracted from 25 m water depth on the shelf of the northern Gulf of Aqaba suggest shifts in depositional environments over the past 4000 yrs. Foraminifera assemblages, grain-size distribution, sediment characterization, and radiocarbon age dating indicate several eco-stratigraphic zones including two periods of aridity from ~3900 to 2900 yr BP and ~1130 yr BP to present, a transitional period from ~2900 to 2500 yr BP, and an abrupt shift to wetter conditions between ~2500 to 1130 yr BP. Furthermore, this study records two foraminifera-barren horizons at 170 and 190 cm that correlate to grain size anomalies at that depth. A tsunami wave generated sometime during 2200-1800 yr BP is one possible explanation for this occurrence. Seismic stratigraphy indicates a reflector at approximately 3 m below the seafloor that delineates the boundary between a relict, coral fringing reef horizon, U8, and the overlying U9 strata. -
Lewy, Z., Cappetta, H. 1989. Senonian Elasmobranch Teeth from Israel
212 Zecv Lewy and Henri Cappetta Senonian Elasmobranch teeth from Israel Biostratigraphic and paleoenvironmental implications By Zcev Lcwy and Henri Cappetta With 2 figures in the text Lewy, Z. & Cappetta, H. (1989): Senonian Elasmobranch teeth from Israel. Biostrati graphic and paleoenvironmental implications. - N. Jb. Geol. Palaont. Mh., 1989 (4): 212-222; Stuttgart. Abstract: Rich and varied Elasmobranch (Neoselachii) tooth associations were collected from Late Santonian to Middle Maastrichtian phosphatic beds in south-eastern Israel, im proving our knowledge of the local fossil record and contributing to the biostratigraphic and the paleoecologic analyses of these Senonian deposits. The position of the Campanian- Maastrichtian boundary in Israel is briefly discussed. Zusammenfassung: Arten- und individuenreiche Zahn-Faunen von Neoselachii aus Phpsphatlagen des Santoniums bis Mittleren Maastrichtiums in Südost-Israel tragen zur genaueren Kenntnis der jungmesozoischen Wirbeltierfaunen dieser Region und zur bio stratigraphischen und palökologischen Analyse der Ablagerungen bei. Resume: Des associations riches et variees de dents d’Elasmobranches (Neoselachii), recoltees dans des niveaux phosphates du Sud-Est d’Israel s’etageant du Santonien termi nal au Maastrichtien moyen contribuent a une meilleure connaissance des vertebres fossi les de cette region et a une analyse biostratigraphique et paleoecologique de ces depots se- noniens. Introduction Layers of phosphatic chalk and phosphorites are quite common in the Seno nian (Late Cretaceous) sequence of central and southern Israel (e.g. N athan et al. 1979, Reiss et al. 1985). In addition to the phosphatic peloids and the bone fragments in these deposits, teeth of various marine fishes and reptiles may oc cur. Previous studies on the Senonian stratigraphy in Israel have mentioned the occurrence of fish teeth, especially the large ones (over 1 cm), which were easily collected in the field (e.g. -
This Is a PDF File of Page Proofs of the Manuscript That Has Been Accepted for Publication
This is a PDF file of page proofs of the manuscript that has been accepted for publication. These proofs will be reviewed by the authors and editors before the paper is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content. All legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Campanian) mid- palaeolatitude sharks of Cretalamna appendiculata type MIKAEL SIVERSON, JOHAN LINDGREN, MICHAEL G. NEWBREY, PETER CEDERSTRÖM, and TODD D. COOK Siverson, M., Lindgren, J., Newbrey, M.G., Cederström, P., and Cook, T.D.201X. Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Cam- panian) mid-palaeolatitude sharks of Cretalamna appendiculata type. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica XX (X): xxx-xxx. The type species of the extinct lamniform genus Cretalamna, C. appendiculata, has been assigned a 50 Ma range (Al- bian to the Ypresian) by a majority of previous authors. Analysis of a partly articulated dentition of a Cretalamna from the Smoky Hill Chalk, Kansas, USA (LACM 128126) and isolated teeth of the genus from Cenomanian to Campanian strata of Western Australia, France, Sweden and the Western Interior of North America, indicates that the name of the type species, as applied to fossil material over the last 50 years, represents a large species complex. The middle Ceno- manian part of the Gearle Siltstone, Western Australia, yielded C. catoxodon sp. nov. and ‘Cretalamna’ gunsoni. The latter, reassigned to the new genus Kenolamna, shares several dental features with the Paleocene Palaeocarcharodon. Early Turonian strata in France produced the type species C. appendiculata, C. deschutteri sp. -
I Tel-Aviv University Faculty of Humanities the Chaim Rosenberg
i Tel-Aviv University Faculty of Humanities The Chaim Rosenberg School of Jewish Studies Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures Flint Procurement and Exploitation Strategies in the Late Lower Paleolithic Levant: the case of Acheulo-Yabrudian Qesem Cave Volume I: Main Text Thesis submitted for the degree "Doctor of Philosophy" by Aviad Agam Under the supervision of Prof. Ran Barkai, Prof. Avi Gopher and Prof. Lucy Wilson Submitted to the Senate of Tel-Aviv University June 2019 ii iii Acknowledgments First and foremost, I would like to thank my supervisors, Professor Ran Barkai, Professor Avi Gopher and Professor Lucy Wilson, for their endless support, advice and guidance, and for their constant willingness to help and encourage. It was a great pleasure and honour to work with you and learn from you. To my friends at the lab, Ella Assaf, Miki Ben-Dor, Chicho Cohen, Bar Efrati, Meir Finkel, Yafit Kedar, Yoni Parush, Tamar Rosenberg-Yefet, Natasha Solodenko, Flavia Venditti, Andrea Zupancich and Katia Zutovski, for the encouragement, for their friendship, and for all our conversations, about archaeology and prehistory, of course, but also about politics, food, music, "Game of Thrones", movies, food, "Married at First Sight", and, of course, food. I could not have asked for better lab partners. To Professor Chaim Benjamini, for greatly improving my understanding of the petrographic results, and for his patience and willingness to help. To Ofir Tirosh, Meir Finkel, Omri Yagel and Erez Ben-Yosef, for their help with the geochemical analysis. To Andrea Zupancich and Professor Cristina Lemorini, for their vital help in the Quina Scrapers analysis, and for showing me Rome.