In this diploma work the Lower Jurassic Krikov Formation in the Liščak stream gorge is studied and descriebed. The section is compared with other previously studied sections from the Slovenian Basin. The studied section is located in north-western Slovenia, in the foothills of the Julian Alps, in a side ravine of the Kneža River valley. The investigated succession deposited in the Slovenian Basin and today structurally belongs to the Southern Alps, more specifically to the Podmelec Nappe, which is structurally the lowest subunit of the Tolmin Nappe.
Within the 360m thick sequence of the Krikov Formation, hemipelagic limestones predominate, alternating with calcareous resediments dominated by calcarenites. Beds of limestone breccias also occur. The section is strongly dolomitised in the lowermost 100 m. The proportion marly limestones increases towards the top of the section. Chert-nodules and poles occur throughout the succession. I carried out a microfacies analysis of the carbonate layers along the entire succession. The microfacies indicate sedimentation in the deeper sea, at the base of a slope, on a deep shelf or in a basin. The composition of the calci-turbidites varies along the section as a result of changes in the carbonate platform from which the material came. In the lower part of the section, intraclasts, micritised ooids and peloids dominate the grains, while foraminifera are the most abundant biogenic grains. Higher up the section, peloids become less abundant and, in addition to ooids and intraclasts, echinoderms are abundant and start to dominate the grains towards the top of the succession. Similar changes occur inside already studied successions of the Krikov formation from the west part of the Slovenian Basin.
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