Biostratigraphy of Campanian – Maastrichtian & Danian on the based of plankton foraminifera in Galanderud area, northern flanks of Alborz mountains

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Roza Khajehtash ¹ , Behrouz Darvishzad ²

1 - کارشناس ارشد دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد علوم و تحقیقات تهران
2 - استادیار گروه زمین شناسی دانشگاه شهید بهشتی

Received: 2016-09-07 Accepted : 2016-09-07 Published : 2010-09-23

Keywords: Biostratigraphy, Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary (K/T), planktonic foraminiferal,

Abstract :

In central Alborz Mountains in north of Iran, a new Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary (K/T) section near GalanderudMine in Mazandaran province reveals diversity of planktonic foraminiferal the fauna similar to those found inElKef & Elles in Thunisia.The Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary is located by planktionic foraminifera with in a narrow interval bounded bylast appearance of tropical and subtropical Cretaceous species and first appearance of small Tertiary species. InGalanderud section only 5 species survived after the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary event and 31 species ofCretaceous became extinct in or before Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary. The Maastrichtian species that seem todied out gradually are generally large and cosmopolitan.