Stratigraphy of the Maikop Group and Pteropoda Beds in northern Azerbaijan

Extended Abstract: Re‐os Geochronology and Chemostratigraphy of the Maikop Series Source Rocks of Eastern Azerbaijan

“…Sample sites were chosen from locations where microfaunal assemblage studies and chemostratigraphy have previously been performed and between which a regional correlation has been established (Popov et al, 2008;Hudson et al, 2008;Johnson et al, 2009). All the Maikop samples were from intervals dated as Miocene by Popov et al (2008). Samples were collected from dark, presumably organic-rich intervals in lower, middle and upper stratigraphic horizons at each of the sample sites.…”

“…The Oligocene -Miocene Maikop Series was deposited in the epicontinental Paratethys Sea across an extensive region between the Eastern Black Sea and the Central Caspian (Green et al, 2009). The Maikop has previously been studied to investigate the evolution of the Paratethys and the factors affecting it, including climate, tectonics and eustacy (Rogl, 1999;Popov et al, 2008;Hudson et al, 2008;Johnson et al, 2009). Furthermore, the Maikop Series is considered to be a primary source rock for hydrocarbons (Sachsenhofer et al, 2018, this issue).…”

An early Oligocene elopiform fish from a new locality in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey

“…The Paratethys formed to the north of the future Mediterranean Sea, as a marginal sea, with restricted exchanges with the open marine environment of the Tethys (Schultz et al, 2005). A number of marine fossil fishes or ichthyofaunas are know from deposits of the Paratethys region that are considered to be Oligocene or might include Oligocene sediments, including those, for example, from the Rhine Graben of France and Germany, the Carpathian region of Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, and Ukraine, and the Caucasus region of Russia and neighboring areas including Azerbaijan (e.g., Jerzmańska, 1968;Tyler et al, 1993;Micklich and Parin, 1996;Pharisat and Micklich, 1998;Constantin, 1999;Bieńkowska, 2004;Prokofiev, 2006Prokofiev, , 2007Popov et al, 2008;Přikryl, 2009;Bieńkowska-Wasiluk, 2010;Přikryl et al, 2011). These deposits have provided a wealth of fishes, representing over 40 families of teleost and selachian taxa.…”

Application of Chemostratigraphy and Re-Os Geochronology to the Maikop Series of Eastern Azerbaijan: Constraining Kura and South Caspian Basin Evolution

“…Maikop stratigraphic correlations over four measured sections. Perekeshkul West and Mount Islamdag Eastern Slope measured sections modified from Popov et al (2008). Maikop lithology is primarily composed of silty claystones and shales, with varying levels of calcium carbonate in some intervals.…”

“…Maikop lithology is primarily composed of silty claystones and shales, with varying levels of calcium carbonate in some intervals. Stratigraphic correlations were based on the biostratigraphic work of Popov et al (2008) and the statiscal analysis of geochemical elements obtained from XRF and ICP-OES analysis. The results of the statistical heirarchal cluster analysis are displayed on the right with symbols indicating sampling locations within the stratigraphic columns.…”