Palynological and palynofacies analyses of Upper Cretaceous deposits in the Haţeg Basin, southern Carpathians, Romania

We present biostratigraphical and palaeoenvironmental analyses based on palynology and palynofacies of marine and terrestrial deposits that crop out in the central and northwestern part of the Haţeg Basin. Samples were collected from the Răchitova and Sînpetru formations. The former yielded well-preserved palynological assemblages of both terrestrial and marine origin, represented mainly by diverse spore and pollen associations, but with...