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Chapter 3. Sediment Thickness Distribution in the Dacian Basin
its in this area by isopachs of 100 m and 200 m. The two isopach lines appear in the
middle of the sedimentary area, and the 200 m thickness line is in the central part.
The sedimentation area extends southward along a narrow zone.
FIGURE 3.2. Dacian Basin sediment thickness distribution during the Middle and Late Sarmatian
(s.l.) time. Isopach map from Saulea et al. (1969). Thickness values in meters.
3.2.2. Thickness of the Maeotian deposits
On the Maeotian lithofacies map (Saulea et al., 1969) (Fig. 3.3), the isopach pattern
reveals the existence of two separate areas of sediment accumulation. The presence
of these two areas is similar to the situation from the Middle and Late Sarmatian,
but the two Maeotian depocenters are larger and closer to each other.
The eastern isopach pattern shows a maximum thickness (1200 m) located in
the northern part of the Carpathian bend. Unlike the Middle-Late Sarmatian (s. l.)
conditions, the thickest zone of sediments occurs by the Carpathian side of the ba