Gogolin Formation

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Gogolin FormationTriassic geologic formation, hitherto named the Gogolin Beds,Assmann P., 1913 – Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Stratigraphie des oberschlesischen Muschelkalks. Jb. Preuss. Geol. Landesanst., 34: 658 – 671, Berlin.Assmann P., 1944. Die Stratigraphie der oberschlesischen Trias. Teil 2: Der Muschelkalk. Abhandlungen des Reichsamtes für Bodenforschung, Neue Folge, 208: 1–124 is the lowermost lithostratigraphical unit of the Lower Muschelkalk in the Silesian-Cracow Upland (S Poland, Central Europe), underlain by the Upper Buntsandstein (Lower Triassic) carbonates and overlain by the Górażdże Formation (Middle Triassic) carbonates.Kowal-Linka M. 2008. Formalizacja litostratygrafii formacji gogolińskiej (trias środkowy) na Śląsku Opolskim. Geologos 14 (2): 125–161,{{cite journal | last1 = Kowal-Linka | first1 = M | year = 2009 | title = Nowe jednostki litostratygraficzne w randze warstw w obrębie formacji gogolińskiej (trias środkowy) na Śląsku Opolskim | journal = Geologia | volume = 35 | issue = 2| pages = 153–174 }}

Name

Historical name coming from Gogolin, a small town in south Poland, where the Gogolin Formation was described for the first time, and where the main stratotypes have been exposed (see section Stratotypes).

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Age

The Late Olenekian or Early Aegean (Anisian) to Pelsonian (Anisian),.{{cite journal | last1 = Nawrocki | first1 = J. | last2 = Szulc | first2 = J. | year = 2000 | title = The Middle Triassic magnetostratigraphy from the Peri-Tethys basin in Poland | journal = Earth and Planetary Science Letters | volume = 182 | pages = 77–92 | doi=10.1016/s0012-821x(00)00230-2}}{{cite journal | last1 = Zawidzka | first1 = K | year = 1975 | title = Conodont stratigraphy and sedimentary environment of the Muschelkalk in Upper Silesia | journal = Acta Geologica Polonica | volume = 25 | pages = 217–256 }}

Rocks

The formation is built of various carbonates which were deposited on a carbonate ramp.Kowal-Linka, M., Stawikowski, W., 2013. Garnet and tourmaline as provenance indicators of terrigenous material in

epicontinental carbonates (Middle Triassic, S Poland), 291: 27–47

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Subdivision

This Formation has recently been divided into four members, six beds, and two horizons:

  1. Zakrzów Crinoidal Limestone Member, which includes: a) Krapkowice Pelitic Limestone Bed – thin-bedded, wavy bedded and marly micritic limestones, b) Dąbrówka Bioclastic Limestone Bed – thick- to medium-bedded, cross-bedded crinoidal limestones, c) Podbór Bioclastic Limestone Bed – thin- to medium-bedded, graded, horizontally and cross-bedded bioclastic limestones and wavy-bedded micritic limestones;
  2. The Skała Marl Member – marls interbedded with micritic and bioclastic limestones; the lowermost part of this member is locally built of broken-up limestone beds and lumps which are covered by an intraformational conglomerate with small intraclasts – they are divided as Kocina Intraformational Conglomerate Bed;
  3. The Emilówka Cellular Limestone Member, which includes: a) Karłubiec Bioclastic Limestone Bed – massive, cross-bedded, thin- to medium-bedded bioclastic and micritic limestones, b) Otmęt Marly Limestone Bed – strongly porous, thin-bedded marly limestones that are, in fact, dedolomitized dolomites;
  4. Odrowąż marly limestone horizon – marls, thin- to medium-bedded, graded, cross-bedded and horizontally bedded bioclastic limestones and thin layers of platy and wavy bedded micritic limestones;
  5. Malnia limestone horizon – thin- to medium-bedded, graded, horizontally and cross-bedded bioclastic limestones, thin-bedded, platy and wavy-bedded micritic limestones;
  6. Ligota Hill Wavy-Bedded Limestone Member – wavy-bedded and crumpled micritic limestones intercalated with medium- to thin-bedded, graded, cross- and horizontally bedded, bioclastic limestones.

Stratotypes

Stratotypes are located at Gogolin and its vicinity, Błotnica Strzelecka and Ligota Dolna (southern Poland).

References

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Literature

  • Assmann P., 1913 – Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Stratigraphie des oberschlesischen Muschelkalks. Jb. Preuss. Geol. Landesanst., 34: 658 – 671, Berlin.
  • Assmann P., 1944. Die Stratigraphie der oberschlesischen Trias. Teil 2: Der Muschelkalk. Abhandlungen des Reichsamtes für Bodenforschung, Neue Folge, 208: 1–124.
  • Kowal-Linka M. 2008. Formalizacja litostratygrafii formacji gogolińskiej (trias środkowy) na Śląsku Opolskim. Geologos 14 (2): 125–161 (and the references; the paper in Polish with English summary).
  • Kowal-Linka M. 2009. Nowe jednostki litostratygraficzne w randze warstw w obrębie formacji gogolińskiej (trias środkowy) na Śląsku Opolskim. Geologia 35 (2): 153-174 (and the references; the paper in Polish with English summary).
  • Kowal-Linka, M., Stawikowski, W., 2013. Garnet and tourmaline as provenance indicators of terrigenous material in epicontinental carbonates (Middle Triassic, S Poland), 291: 27–47.
  • {{cite journal | last1 = Nawrocki | first1 = J. | last2 = Szulc | first2 = J. | year = 2000 | title = The Middle Triassic magnetostratigraphy from the Peri-Tethys basin in Poland | journal = Earth and Planetary Science Letters | volume = 182 | pages = 77–92 | doi=10.1016/s0012-821x(00)00230-2}}
  • Niedźwiedzki R., 2000: Litostratygrafia formacji górażdżańskiej i formacji dziewkowickiej na Śląsku Opolskim. Prace Geologiczno-Mineralogiczne, 71, 1–72 (and the references; the paper in Polish with English summary).
  • {{cite journal | last1 = Zawidzka | first1 = K | year = 1975 | title = Conodont stratigraphy and sedimentary environment of the Muschelkalk in Upper Silesia | journal = Acta Geologica Polonica | volume = 25 | pages = 217–256 }}