Expedition to the Maastrichtian Chalk of Møns Klint (Denmark, Summer 2016)

[The Amateur Paleontologist]

Hi everyone!

This summer I will go for a week-long expedition to the chalk coastline of Møns Klint, in Denmark.

I've already gathered some reference material (including Skrivekridtets fossiler, a Danish book on chalk fossils; Fossils of the Chalk; and several other books and articles).

What I hope most to find during this field trip include the following:

-Decapod crustacean remains

-Echinoderms (regular echinoids, asteroids and crinoids especially)

-Ammonites; especially baculitids and Acanthoscaphites tridens

-Belemnites

-Fish remains (osteichtyans and condrichtyans)

And of course...

-Mosasaur remains!

I still need advice on chalk fossil preparation (note: the chalk at M. K. is very, very soft). Also, how do we remove fossiliferous chalk blocks from an outcrop?

Finally, for those who know better the place; where would be the best locations at M. K. to find the fossils listed above?

Thanks for any help,

Christian

Edited June 18, 2016 by The Amateur Paleontologist

[doushantuo]

Chris,DGF is freely available online.Might be useful to look ....

http://2dgf.dk/dgf_uk/main.html

[The Amateur Paleontologist]

Chris,DGF is freely available online.Might be useful to look ....

http://2dgf.dk/dgf_uk/main.html

Thanks for the help!

[doushantuo]

http://2dgf.dk/xpdf/bull54.pdf

http://www.diva-portal.se/smash/get/diva2:701862/FULLTEXT01.pdf

http://www.geus.dk/DK/publications/geol-survey-dk-gl-bull/17/Documents/nr17_p29-32.pdf

Edited June 18, 2016 by doushantuo

[doushantuo]

from Cret.Res.:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258549917_Upper_Campanian-Maastrichtian_holostratigraphy_of_the_eastern_Danish_Basin

http://publicationslist.org/data/jesper.milan/ref-149/43%20-%20Milan%20et%20al%202015%20-%20Coprolite%20from%20Stevns.pdf

Edited June 18, 2016 by doushantuo

[doushantuo]

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237666422_Bivalves_from_the_white_chalk_Maastrichtian_of_Denmark_III_Cuspidariidae

http://palaeo-electronica.org/2004_1/chalk/chalk.pdf

background info:

http://bora.uib.no/bitstream/handle/1956/5393/42014%20Gennaro%20part%201.pdf?sequence=1

Edited June 18, 2016 by doushantuo

[doushantuo]

http://foreninger.uio.no/ngf/FOS/pdfs/F&S_20.pdf

http://orbit.dtu.dk/files/4696532/MR2007-134.pdf

more background,offshore:

http://www.geus.dk/DK/publications/geol-survey-dk-gl-bull/25/Documents/nr25_p01-60.pdf

Edited June 18, 2016 by doushantuo

[Johannes]

There is a nice book about the chalk of Ruegen, which is quite similar in some faunal issues to the danish chalk:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233386528_Die_Fauna_und_Flora_der_Rugener_Schreibkreide_Maastrichtium_Ostsee_The_fauna_and_flora_of_the_Rugen_White_Chalk_Maastrichtian_Baltic_Sea

[doushantuo]

Thanks.Anything written by Mike Reich can't be all that bad

Edited June 18, 2016 by doushantuo

[The Amateur Paleontologist]

There is a nice book about the chalk of Ruegen, which is quite similar in some faunal issues to the danish chalk:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233386528_Die_Fauna_und_Flora_der_Rugener_Schreibkreide_Maastrichtium_Ostsee_The_fauna_and_flora_of_the_Rugen_White_Chalk_Maastrichtian_Baltic_Sea

Thanks (even though the pictures are the easiest to understand -- my German is not that good…)

[Phevo]

I replied on your other post aswell.

I can guarantee you will find Echinoids, belemnites and burrows, the rest is a little tall order to fill though

I would highly recommend you to spend at least one day in Fakse Kalkbrud which is a quarry that i open to the public year round.

The odds of finding fish remains (mainly teeth) and ammonites is much greater there, though I have found a few ammonites on Møns klint.

[The Amateur Paleontologist]

To get to the site of the most recent slide, once we've gone down the long staircase to the beach, do we need to turn left or right?