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The Cenozoic Stratigraphy of West Kamchatka and the Development Stages of Foraminiferal Paleocommunities

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The study of the foraminiferal communities from the Paleogene–Neogene reference section at Kvachina Bay in West Kamchatka has made it possible, based on the qualitative composition and the quantitative ratios of the encountered species, to identify 13 layers with foraminifera corresponding to certain intervals of the section and to establish their successive change. The foraminiferal layers are combined into four complex zones. In terms of the distribution scale, the identified zones are regional and are traced in the adjacent regions. The change in the paleocommunities corresponds to the process of evolutionary development of foraminifera, as well as to a change in paleoenvironments. The changes recorded in the composition and the structure of zonal communities are reflected in the stage character of microfauna development.

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This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project nos. 19-05-00361, 18-05-00495, and 18-05-00503).

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  1. Department of Geology, Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    S. I. Bordunov

  2. Institute of Geology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119017, Moscow, Russia

    S. I. Bordunov

  3. AO VNIGRI, 192102, St. Petersburg, Russia

    T. V. Dmitrieva & N. A. Fregatova

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Bordunov, S.I., Dmitrieva, T.V. & Fregatova, N.A. The Cenozoic Stratigraphy of West Kamchatka and the Development Stages of Foraminiferal Paleocommunities. Moscow Univ. Geol. Bull. 75, 560–567 (2020). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0145875220060034

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