Definition of new Pliocene, Pleistocene and Holocene lithostratigraphic units in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea (shallow offshore)

Authors

  • Tomislav Malvić University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, INA-Oil Industry Plc. Reservoir Engineering and Field Development
  • Josipa Velić University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering
  • Marko Cvetković University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering
  • Marko Vekić University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, MA student
  • Marijan Šapina University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, MA student

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15291/geoadria.2

Keywords:

lithostratigraphy, Pliocene, Pleistocene, Holocene, Adriatic, Croatia

Abstract

Exploration of Pliocene, Pleistocene and Holocene deposits in of the Croatian Northern Adriatic and Southern Dalmatia (coastline) offshore is presented in this paper. It was a way to describe the existing lithostratigraphic units in Croatian Po River sediments and to determine such units in the depositional area of Neretva River. Both systems have been influenced by sea-level fluctuations during the Quaternary, resulting in significantly decreased sea depths and increased subaerial exposure during glacial periods, especially in the Northern Adriatic. In the Croatian part of Po Depression, two new formations were mentioned – Istria (Pliocene) and Ivana (Pleistocene, Holocene). Three new lithostratigraphic members were described within Ivana Formation, namely Anamarija, Katarina and Izabela. Further south, in the Southern Dalmatia shallow offshore, Pliocene, Pleistocene and Holocene deposits were named the new Neretva Channel Formation. This formation was further divided into Neretva Sands (sometimes equivalent for entire formation) and the (Quaternary) Mali Ston Bay Member. No typical Pliocene lithotype has yet been recognised.

References

Aljinović, D., Sremac, J. (1997): The Middle and Upper Permian deposits in Gorski kotar: facts and misconceptions, Geologia Croatica, 50/2, 231-242.

Anderson, H. A., Jackson, J. A. (1987): Active tectonics of the Adriatic region, Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 91, 937–983.

Balić, D., Malvić, T. (2013): Pliocene–Quaternary stratigraphy and sedimentation at the Neretva River Mouth, on the Croatian Adriatic Coast, Geological Quarterly, 57/2, 233-242.

Bennett, R. A., Hreinsdóttir, S., Buble, G., Bašić, T., Bačić, Ž., Marjanović, M., Casale, G., Gendaszek, A., Cowan, D. (2008): Eocene to present subduction of southern Adria mantle lithosphere beneath the Dinarides, Geology, 36/1, 3–6.

Buljan, R., Pollak, D., Gulam, V. (2012): Engineering properties of marine sediments in Mali Ston Bay (Croatia) based on "Mainland-Pelješac" bridge investigation, Geologia Croatica, 65/2, 233-242.

Buser, S. (1989): Development of the Dinaric and the Julian Carbonate platforms and of the intermediate Slovenian basin (NW Yugoslavia), Memorie della Società Geologica Italiana, 40, 313-320.

Channell, J. E. T., Horváth, F. (1976): The African/Adriatic promontory as a palaeogeographical premise for alpine orogeny and plate movements in the Carpatho-Balkan region, Tectonophysics, 35/1-3, 71-101.

Cita, M. B., Ryan, W. B. F. (1973): The Pliocene Record in deep sea Mediterranean sediments, u: Initial Reports Deep sea drilling project, 13/2, (ur. Kaneps, A. D.), University of California, University of Washington, Washington, 1341-1343.

Colantoni, P., Gallignani, P., Lenaz, R. (1979): Late Pleistocene and Holocene evolution of the North Adriatic continental shelf (Italy), Marine Geology, 33, 41-50.

Correggiari, A., Roveri, M., Trincardi, F. (1996): Late Pleistocene and Holocene Evolution of the North Adriatic Sea, Quaternario, 9/2, 697-704.

Crmarić, R. (2009): Geološko kartiranje podmorja - primjer područja otoka Lastova, Mljeta i Korčule, Magistarski rad, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet,, pp. 88.

D’Argenio, B., Horvath, F. (1984): Some remarks on the deformation history of Adria, from the Mesozoic to the Tertiary, Annales Geophysicae, 2, 143-146.

Donn, W. L., Farrand, W. R., Ewing, M. (1962): Pleistocene Ice Volumes and Sea-Level Lowering, Journal of Geology, 70/2, 206-214.

Dragičević, I., Velić, I. (1994): Stratigraphical position and significance of reef facies at the northern margin of the Dinaric carbonate platform during the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous in Croatia and Bosnia, Géologie Méditerranéenne, 3-4, 59-63.

Fairbanks, F. G. (1989): A 17 000 years glacio-eustatic sea level record: influence on glacial melting rates on the Younger Drayes event and deep-ocean circulation, Nature, 342, 637-642.

Ghielmi, M., Minervini, M., Nini, C., Rogledi, S., Rossi, M., Vignolo, A. (2009): Sedimentary and Tectonic Evolution in the Eastern Po Plain and Northern Adriatic Sea Area from Messinian to Middle Pleistocene (Italy), Rendiconti Lincei, Scienze Fisiche e Naturali, 21/1, 131-166.

Gušić, I., Jelaska, V. (1990): Stratigrafija gornjokrednih naslaga otoka Brača u okviru geodinamske evolucije Jadranske karbonatne platforme (Upper Cretaceous strati-graphy of the Island of Brač within the geodinamic evolution of the Adriatic Carbonate Platform), JAZU, Institut za geološka istraživanja, Zagreb, pp. 160.

Ivy-Ochs, S., Kerschner, H., Reuther, A., Preusser, F., Heine, K., Maisch, M., Kubik, P. W., Schlüchter, C. (2008): Chronology of the last glacial cycle in the northern European Alps, Journal of Quaternary Science, 23, 559-575.

Jelaska, V. (1973): Paleogeografska i naftnogeološka razmatranja zapadnog dijela karbonatnog šelfa Dinarida, Geološki vjesnik, 25, 57–64.

Jurina, I., Ivanić, M. (2011): The Neretva River Delta: Distribution Pattern of Sediments and Characterization of Nanosized Mineral Phases, Znanstveni susreti 3. vrste, Institut Ruđer Bošković, Zagreb, neobjavljeno.

Kalac, K. (2008): Biostratigrafsko-kronostratigrafska istraživanja pliocensko-pleistocenskih naslaga u podmorju Jadrana s posebnim osvrtom na klimatske promjene, Naftaplin, 45/8, pp. 104.

Kennett, J. P. (1977): Cenozoic evolution of Antarctic glaciation, the circum-Antarctic Ocean, and their impact on global paleoceanography, Journal of Geophysical Research: Ocean and Atmospheres, 82, 3843-3860.

Magaš, N., Marinčić, S., Benček, Đ. (1979): Osnovna geološka karta SFRJ, Tumač za list Ploče K 33-35, Institut za geološka sitraživanja Zagreb, Savezni geološki zavod Beograd, Beograd, pp. 52.

Malvić, T., Đureković, M., Šikonja, Ž., Čogelja, Z., Ilijaš, T., Kruljac, I. (2011): Exploration and Production Activities in northern Adriatic Sea (Croatia), successful joint venture INA (Croatia) and ENI (Italy), Nafta, 62/9-10, 287-296.

Marić Đureković, Ž. (2011): Litofacijesne i stratigrafske značajke pleistocenskih naslaga podmorja sjevernoga Jadrana na temelju visokorazlučivih karotažnih mjerenja, Doktorska disertacija, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Rudarsko-geološko-naftni fakultet, Zagreb, pp. 167.

Mercer, J. H., Sutter, J. F. (1982): Late miocene—earliest pliocene glaciation in southern Argentina: implications for global ice-sheet history, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 38/3-4, 185-206.

Minisini, D., Trincardi, F., Asioli, A. (2006): Evidence of slope instability in the Southwestern Adriatic Margin, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 6/1, 1-20.

Muttoni, G., Carcano, C., Garzanti, E., Ghielmi, M., Piccin, A., Pini, R., Rogledi, S., Sciunnach, D. (2003): Onset of major Pleistocene glaciations in the Alps, Geology, 31/11, 989-992.

Nakada, M., Lambeck, K. (1988): The melting history of the Late Pleistocene Antarctic ice sheet, Nature, 333, 36-40.

Nocquet, J. M., Calais, E. (2003): Crustal velocity field of western Europe from permanent GPS array solutions, 1996–2001, Geophysical Journal International, 154, 72-88.

Ogorelec, B. (1987): Sedimentary features of the Upper Triassic (Norian and Rhaetian) rocks of the Dinaric carbo-nate platform (SW Slovenia), in: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Evolution of the Karstic Carbonate Platform: relation with other periadriatic carbonate platforms, (eds. Costa, E., Cuchi, F., Pugliese, N.), Universita degli studi di Trieste, Instituto di geologia e palenontologia., Trieste, 45-45.

Pavelić, D. (2005): Stratigrafska determinacija naslaga jadranskog podmorja u okolici Pelješca, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Rudarsko-geološko-naftni fakultet, Zagreb, neobjavljeno.

Polšak, A. (1965): Stratigrafija jurskih i krednih naslaga srednje Istre (Stratigrafie des couches jurassiques et crétacées de ľ Istrie centrale), Geološki. vjesnik, 18/1, 167–184.

Polšak, A. (1981): Upper Cretaceous biolithitic complexesin a subduction zone: examples from the Inner Dinarides,Yugoslavia, in: European Fossil Reef Models, (ed: Toomey, D. F.), SEPM Spec. Publ. Soc. Econ. Paleon. Min., Tulsa, 30, 447-472.

Prelogović, E., Kranjec, V. (1983): Geološki razvitak područja Jadranskog mora, Annals of Maritime Studies, 21, 387-405.

Raić, V., Papeš, J., Ahac, A., Korolija, B., Borović, I., Grimani, I., Marinčić, S. (1980): Osnovna geološka karta SFRJ, 1:100000, list Ston K 33-48 (Basic Geological Map 1:100000, Stone sheet K 33-48), “Geoinženjering” – OOUR Institut za geologiju Sarajevo (1972-1980) and Institut za geološka istraživanja Zagreb (1967-1968), Savezni geološki zavod, Beograd, Beograd.

Rio, D., Channel, J. E. T., Bertoldi, R., Poli, M. S., Vergerio, P. R., Raffi, I., Sprovieri, R., Thunell, R. C. (1997): Pliocene sapropels in the northern Adriatic area: Chronology and paleoenvironmental significance, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 135, 1-25.

Shepard, F. P. (1954): Nomenclature based on sand-silt-clay ratios, Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 24, 151-158.

Sikora, M., Mihanović, H., Vilibić, I. (2014): Paleo-coastline of the Central Eastern Adriatic Sea, and Paleo-Channels of the Cetina and Neretva rivers during the last glacial maximum, Acta Adriatca., 55/1, 3-18.

Sokač, B., Šušnjar, M., Bukovac, J., Bahun, S. (1976): Osnovna geološka karta SFRJ, tumac za list Udbina (Basic Geological Map of Yugoslavia, Guide for sheet Rovinj – in Croatian), Croatian Geological Survey, Zagreb, pp. 62.

Sremac, J. (2005): Equatorial shelf of the Palaeozoic supercontinent – cradle of the Adriatic Carbonate Platform, Geologia Croatica, 58/1, 1-19.

Sremac, J. (2012): Influence of terrestrial sedimentation in Pennsylvanian rocks of Croatia, Geologia Croatica, 65/3, 273-282.

Stanley, D. I. (1995): A global sea level curve for the late Quaternary: the impossible dream?, Marine Geology, 125, 1-6.

Surić, M., Juračić, M., Horvatinčić, N., Krajcar Bonić, I. (2005): Late Pleistocene-Holocene sea level rise and pattern of coastal karst inundation: records from submerged speleothems along the Eastern Adriatic Coast (Croatia), Marine Geology, 214, 163-175.

Surić, M. (2009): Reconstructing sea-level on the eastern Adriatic Sea (Croatia) - an overview, Geoadria, 14/2, 181-199.

Šušnjara, A., Sakač, K., Jelen, B., Gabrić, A. (1992): Upper Permian evaporites and associated rocks in Dalmatia and borderline area of Lika and Bosnia, Geologia Croatica, 45, 95-114.

Tišljar, J. (1983): Coated grains facies in the Lower Cretaceous of the Outer Dinarides (Yugoslavia), in: Coated Grains, (ed. Peryt, T.), Springer–Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Tokyo, 566-576.

Tišljar, J. (1992): Origin and depositional environments of the evaporite and carbonate complex (Upper Permian) from the central part of the Dinarides (Southern Croatia and Western Bosnia, Geologia Croatica, 45, 115-126.

Tišljar, J., Vlahović, I., Velić, I., Sokač, B. (2002): Carbonate platform megafacies of the Jurassic and Cretaceous deposits of the Karst Dinarides, Geologia Croatica, 55/2, 139–170.

Turk, M. (1971): Građa tercijarnog bazena u sjeveroistočnom dijelu Jadranskog mora, Nafta, 22/4-5, 275-434.

Velić, I., Tišljar, J., Sokač, B. (1987): The variability of thicknesses of the Aptian and Albian carbonates as a consequence of changing depositional environments and emersions, in: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Evolution of the Karstic Carbonate Platform: relation with other periadriatic carbonate platforms, (ed. Costa, E., Cuchi, F., Pugliese, N.), Universita degli studi di Trieste, Instituto di geologia e palenontologia, Trieste, 59-62.

Velić, J., Malvić, T. (2011): Depositional conditions during Pliocene and Pleistocene in Northern Adriatic and possible lithostratigraphic division of these rocks, Nafta, 62/1-2, 25-38.

Velić, I., Vlahović, I., Matičec, D. (2002): Depositional sequences and palaeogeography of the Adriatic Carbonate Platform, Memorie Società Geologica Italiana, 57, 141– 151.

Velić, J., Kljajo, D., Velić, I. (2011): Sedimentary bodies, forms and occurences in the Tudorevo and Mirovo glacial deposits of northern Velebit (Croatia), Geologia Croatica, 64/1, 1-16.

Velić, J., Malvić, T., Cvetković M., Velić, I. (2015): Stratigraphy and petroleum geology of the Croatian part of the Adriatic Basin, Journal of Petroleum Geology, 38/3, 281-300.

Some aspects of the shallow water sedimentation on the Adriatic carbonate platform (Permian to Eocene), (ur. Velić, I., Vlahović, I.), The Second International Symposium on the Adriatic Carbonate Platform – Relations with Adjacent Regions), Excursion Guide-Book, Zagreb, Institut za geologiju, 1991, pp. 121.

Vlahović, I., Tišljar, J., Velić, I., Matičec, D. (2005): Evolution of the Adriatic Carbonate Platform: Palaeogeography, main events and depositional dynamics, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 220/3-4, 333-360.

Downloads

Published

2015-12-01

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2015)

Section

Review

License

Full-text papers can be used for personal or educational purposes only. Authors' and publisher's copyrights must be acknowledged.