Upper Miocene–Eopleistocene terrestrial sediments of the northwestern Ciscaucasia region

Abstract

On the basis of their stratigraphic, lithological, and genetic features, the Upper Miocene–Eopleistocene terrestrial sediments of the northwestern Ciscaucasia region are subdivided into the following local stratigraphic units (formations): Azov–Kuban, Srednyaya Kuban, Novoaleksandrovsk, Temizhbekskaya. The paleontological and paleomagnetic data are used for determining or specifying their age and correlating the formations between each other and with the regional stratigraphic scale. The obtained data make it possible to improve the Upper Miocene–Eopleistocene stratigraphic scale of the northwestern Ciscaucasia region.