Аннотация:Abstract This work presents an integrated analysis of sedimentation rates during
the Late Cretaceous in the southern part of the Russian Plate. We construct the first
contour map of Late Cretaceous sedimentation rates in this region. The rates were
calculated for ages and epochs at 38 reference sites based on a chronostratigraphic
scale and published data, and for biostratigraphic zones at five sites. The sedimentation
rates of pelagic carbonate and siliceous sediments in the Late Cretaceous
basin of the Russian Plate ranged from 0.1 to 1 cm/kyr with a maximum of
2–3 cm/kyr in the Caspian Syneclise. The predominantly terrigenous and siliceous–
terrigenous sediments could have accumulated in the southern part of the
Ulyanovsk–Saratov basin at a rate of 1–3 m/ka.
Keywords: Late Cretaceous Russian Plate Sedimentation rate