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Maastrichtian sandstone facies of the Frýdek Formation in the Ostravice River near Baška municipality

 

Ján Pavluš, Petr Skupien, Dalibor Matýsek, Lucie Měchová

Geoscience Research Reports 46, 2013 (GRR for 2012), pages 56–58

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Abstract

Continuous section through sandstone-dominated facies of the Frýdek Formation was studied in the Ostravice river bed near Baška (Outer Western Carpathians, Czech Republic). The section consists mainly of fine grained greywacke sandstones with sandstone concretions. Angular grains indicate short transport. Claystones and siltstones contain coal dust. Claystones are rich in terrigenous organic material, which also indicates the rapid transport from the continent. Dinoflagellate cysts reveal Maastrichtian age of strata.