Stratigraphic implications of Middle Miocene of Despotovac area: recognition of two geological formations

Abstract

The Middle Miocene of the Despotovac area contains sediments of the lower Middle Miocene (Badenian) and upper Middle Miocene (Sarmatian). The Middle Miocene deposition shows different local variations, but generally fits the evolution of the Central Paratethys. The Miocene sediments were analyzed using paleontological and sedimentological methods. Based on the results of these investigations, the Golubac Formation (Badenian) and the Kamenovo Formation (Sarmatian), which had previously been defined and documented on the Kučevo sheet, were recognized for the first time within the sediments of the Middle Miocene study area on the sheet Lapovo 4.