STRATYGRAFIA GÓRNEJ JURY I DOLNEJ KREDY ŚRODKOWEJ CZĘŚCI PRZEDPOLA POLSKICH KARPAT

Abstract

UPPER JURASSIC AND LOWER CRETACEOUS OF THE MIDDLE POLISH CARPATHIAN FORELANDAbstract. Upper Jurassic through Lower Cretaceous, mainly carbonate succession of the middle Polish Carpathian Foreland, has currently been studied due to intensive hydrocarbon exploration. According to interpretation of abundant well data, the succession has been sub divided into 9 lithostratigraphic formations that represent Oxfordian through Valanginian (or possibly even Hauterivian) stages. Stratigraphic correlation indicates that in the latest Early Kimmeridgian shallow water carbonate platform facies, namely oolitic shoals, were shifted southeastwards from the Holy Cross area and persisted in the Pilzno-Nawsie area until the Valanginian/Hauterivian time. Simultaneously, coral reefs of a barrier type developed in the later area, fringing edge of a less subsiding tectonic block. Thickness of the Upper Kimmeridgian-Tithonian deposits abruptly increases southeastwards from the Pilzno zone, i.e. towards edge of the Tethyan shelf.