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The Globigerina–bearing Tuffs and Marls are deposits included in the Slanic Molasse. Several formations can be separated within these deposits some of the units maintaining remarkable lithofacial consistency, so that they can be recognized in the entire out – cropping area of the Carpathian Molasse. Th e Globigerina–bearing Tuffs and Marls has been described and separated by V. Marutiu under the name of the “Slanic Tuff”[1] . The most spectacular exposures of this formation occur at Piatra Verde near Sla...

Sedimentary analysis was based on formati ons of inferior Molasse which belong to Burdigalian and Badenian, being performed in representative natu ral claddings from Prahova, Romanian area. Complete successions of Variegated Formation and Globigerina – bearing Tuffs and Marls Formation may be followed in V. Mare – Alunis and Slanic–Piatra Verde Quarry (Prahova). The Variegated Formation is mostly ruditic– arenitic at its base, grading into a silty–lutitic sequence at the top. It mainly consists of conglo...