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Early Cretaceous Deposits of the Ceahlău Nappe (Romanian Carpathian Bend Region)

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  • 1. National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-ecology, 23-25 Dimitrie Onciul Street, RO-024053 Bucharest,

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Abstract. The investigations carried out in the bend area of the Romanian Carpathians (the Bucegi Mts.) indicate that a continuous sedimentation took place within the Early Cretaceous (interval covered by the NJK-NJK3 and NC4-NC8 Calcareous Nannoplankton Zones). The base of the Bucegi Conglomerates is placed within the earliest Albian (in the NC8 Calcareous Nannoplankton Zone). The detailed sedimentological studies focussed on the Bucegi Conglomerates indicate that the sediments are of orthoconglomerate type, containing mainly sub-rounded clasts, which prevailed over the matrix.

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