Danilova A.V.

andanilova@gmail.com



Graduated from A.I. Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University (2009), specialization «science education», profile "Geology".
Lead Engineer of the I.S. Gramberg All-Russia Research Institute for Geology and Mineral Resources of the World Ocean (VNIIOkeangeologiya).
Area of scientific interest: stratigraphy, palynology, morphology, systematics of microfossils.
Author of more than 20 publications.
Stratigraphy and lithology
Article # 3_2026 submitted on 12/05/2025 displayed on website on 02/03/2026
38 p.
pdf Palynostratigraphy of the Middle-Late Triassic section of the northern part of the Barents Sea according to shallow stratigraphical drilling
The results of a palynological study of shallow stratigraphic cores drilled in the northern part of the Barents Sea are presented. Five palynoassociations and two levels with dinocysts are identified and described in detail. According to the composition of the main groups and individual taxa, the isolated palynostratons correlate well with associations from the Svalbard Archipelago, wells in the Russian and Norwegian sectors of the Barents Sea region. Based on this data, Ladinian, Early Carnian, Late Carnian, Norian, and Norian-Rhaetian(?) the age of the strata uncovered by shallow wells was established.

Keywords: palynological study of shallow cores drilled, palynoassociation, dinoflagellate, Triassic, northern part of the Barents Sea.
article citation Danilova A.V. Palynostratigraphy of the Middle-Late Triassic section of the northern part of the Barents Sea according to shallow stratigraphical drilling. Neftegazovaya Geologiya. Teoriya I Praktika, 2026, vol. 21, no. 1, available at: https://www.ngtp.ru/rub/2026/3_2026.html EDN: MMYWVO
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Stratigraphy and lithology
Section editor – PhD in geology and mineralogy Kirichkova A.I.
Article # 26_2016 submitted on 05/25/2016 displayed on website on 07/20/2016
25 p.
pdf  Palynostratigraphy of the Middle Permian and Lower Triassic section of Dolgin field
The results of comprehensive palynostratigraphic and palynofacial study of the Middle Permian and Lower Triassic deposits of Dolgin area (Timan-Pechora petroleum Basin) are given. The palynocomplexes that are comparable to miospore complexes from the key and reference wells sections of the Timan-Pechora Basin, as well as to zonal palynocomplexes of the Permian and Lower Triassic of the East European platform, are identified and described in the studied intervals of wells drilled on the field. This has allowed us to reliably establish the presence of Kazanian deposits of the Middle Permian and Induan deposits (Lower Triassic) within the studied area. The results of palynofacial analysis showed that deposits of Kazanian stage were formed in the coastal marine environment, while the sedimentation of Induan stage occurred in continental environments - in an alluvial-lake plains.

Keywords: palynocomplex, palynofacies, biostratigraphy, Middle Permian, Lower Triassic, depositional environment, Dolgin field, Timan-Pechora petroleum Basin.
article citation Danilova A.V., Kochubey O.V., Ruzanov I.N. Palinostratigrafiya srednepermskikh i nizhnetriasovykh otlozheniy Dolginskogo mestorozhdeniya [Palynostratigraphy of the Middle Permian and Lower Triassic section of Dolgin field]. Neftegazovaya Geologiya. Teoriya I Praktika, 2016, vol. 11, no. 3, available at: http://www.ngtp.ru/rub/2/26_2016.pdf
DOI https://doi.org/10.17353/2070-5379/26_2016
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Stratigraphy and lithology
Section editor – PhD in geology and mineralogy Kirichkova A.I.
Article # 7_2010 submitted on 02/01/2010 displayed on website on 03/10/2010
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pdf  Palynologic characteristic of the deposits of the Permian Ufimian and Kazan stages, Malozemelsko-Kolguev monocline
The systematic composition of the palynocomplexes received from the Permian deposits of the northern Timan-Pechora petroleum province penetrated by the wells 1-Narian-Mar and 140-Kolguev (Malozemelsko-Kolguev monocline) is concretized. Five successively alternating palynocomplexes are established in the sequence.
Key words: Timan-Pechora petroleum province, Permian, Ufimian stage, Kazan stage, palynocomplexes.
article citation Danilova A.V. Palynologic characteristic of the deposits of the Permian Ufimian and Kazan stages, Malozemelsko-Kolguev monocline // Neftegazovaya Geologiya. Teoriya I Praktika. – 2010. - V.5. - #1.- http://www.ngtp.ru/rub/2/7_2010.pdf