Lower Maeotian Bryozoan Bioherms of Cape Kazantip, Crimea: A New Concept of the Paleoecological Environment of Their Origin
Journal: Lithology and Mineral Resources
Year: 2022

The lower Maeotian carbonate encrustation of bryozoan bioherms and local problematic carbonate buildups at Cape Kazantip (Kerch Peninsula) were studied to elucidate their genesis. Analytical (lithological and mineralogical, X-ray diffractometry, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectrometry, and isotopy) studies have shown that hardness of the bryozoan framework is related to the syndepositional, biologically induced cement around bryozoans and carbonate encrustation of bioherms.