Earth and Planetary Science

Benthic Foraminifera Biostratigraphy and Sedimentation Fiatures of the Western Sakhalin Upper Eocene

Sergey I. Bordunov

Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119017, Russia; Geological Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia

Dmitry M. Olshanetsky

Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119017, Russia

Andrey Yu. Gladenkov

Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119017, Russia

Arseniy I. Tarasov

Geological Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36956/eps.v3i2.1063

Received: 27 July 2024; Revised: 25 September 2024; Accepted: 7 October 2024; Published: 14 October 2024

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Abstract

New data on micropaleontological and lithological characteristics of Eocene deposits exposed along the Avgustovka River near the village of Boshnyakovo, Western Sakhalin are presented. For the first time, benthic foraminifera were found in these deposits and it was concluded that they are of middle-late Eocene age. Analysis of the taxonomic composition of the foraminifera assemblage, as well as the material composition of the rocks, allowed us to assume that these strata were formed within a relatively deep-water marine basin, which periodically supplied volcanic material in the form of tuffs.

Keywords: Western sakhalin; Eocene; Foraminifera; Lithology; Paleoenvironments

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