Maastrichtian

Rock type: 
Age: 
70 millions years

Greece, Zakynthos, Keri. Limestones. Shelf edge - Outer slope. Upper Cretaceous. Upper Campanian - upper Maastrichtian. K2.

Rock type: 
Age: 
66 millions years

Gray dacites. Forms an extensive cover. Phenocrysts: oligoclase, orthoclase, sanidin, quartz, biotite. Phenocrystal sizes: 0.1 - 2 mm, rarely 3-4 mm. Upper Cretaceous - Low Paleocen. Thickness: 500-600 metres.

Rock type: 
Age: 
90 millions years

Sardinia, Gola di Gorropu. Middle-Upper Cretaceous succession of Eastern Sardinia. Carbonatic shelf deposits: limestones and marls, cherty limestones, detritic glaucophane sandstones, of crica-infralittoral environment, with planktonic foraminifers, rudists and inoceramids. Upper Albian - Maastrichtian.