The present state of the stratigraphy and paleogeography of the Carboniferous in the Holy Cross Mts.

Abstract

Biostratigraphic and lithalogical bases of the stratigraphic division of the Lower Carboniferous in the Holy Cross Mts. have been given in this work which also discusses the division of the Tournaisian and Visean into biostratigraphic zones and subzones, as well as the problem of the boundary between the Devonian and Carboniferous of this area. The previous division of the Carboniferous of the Holy Cross Mts. elaborated by J. Czarnocki has been revised and extended. The facial-paleogeographical development of the Carboniferous of the Holy Cross Mts. has been presented with reference to adjacent areas (the Nida trough, the west and north-west margins of the Holy Cross Mts.).