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Shallow or deep? A reinterpretation of the Rifian Corridor’s unique sandy contourites

Shallow or deep? A reinterpretation of the Rifian Corridor’s unique sandy contourites

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Authors

Daan Beelen, Lesli Joy Wood, Mohammed Najib Zaghloul, Michiel Arts, Fredrick Sarg

Abstract

This study proposes that sandstone layers exposed in the Fez-Meknes region of Northern Morocco (Ben Allou (Sidi Chaded) and El Adergha localities), have been misinterpreted as unique examples of geostrophically-driven, deep marine (150 - 400 m water depth) sandy contourites. Instead, our independent paleontological, sedimentological, and stratigraphic analyses show that these sandstones represent more common, shallow marine (0 - 30 m water depth) tide-dominated deltas. Our findings imply that at least seven existing studies have based their interpretations on erroneous paleo water depth reconstructions. These have been derived from foraminife...  more

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31223/X5NS4R

Subjects

Climate, Earth Sciences, Geology, Oceanography, Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, Paleontology, Sedimentology, Stratigraphy

Keywords

Messinian salinity crisis, Morocco, reinterpretation

Dates

Published: 2021-02-25 14:07

License

CC BY Attribution 4.0 International

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Conflict of interest statement:
None

Data Availability (Reason not available):
The data that support the findings of this study are openly available. Please contact: dbeelen@mines.edu