NDLI: Taphonomy and ichnology: tools for interpreting a maximum flooding interval in the Berriasian of Tlemcen Domain (Western Tellian Atlas, Algeria)

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Author	Reolid, Matías Marok, Abbas Lasgaa, Ibrahim
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	During the Middle-Late Berriasian, a long-term climatic and eustatic change occurred, documented in the literature. However, data from the northern Gondwana paleomargin are scarce. This research analyzes the Lamoricière Clay Formation at the Ouled Mimoun section, focusing on fossil assemblages and using taphonomic and ichnological aspects to interpret a transgressive–regressive cycle. The section starts with mudstones and oolitic grainstones representing shallow-water environments in the top part of the Ouled Mimoun Marly Limestones Formation (Upper Tithonian p.p. to lowermost Berriasian). The base of the Lamoricière Clay Formation is characterized by a high clay content but was still deposited in shallow water, as indicated by the record of the ostracod Asciocythere, dasyclad green algae, and the sponge Cladocoropsis. The subsequent record of fossil-rich calcareous beds at the beginning of the Upper Berriasian (Boissieri Zone) with ammonoids and calpionellids is congruent with an increase in water depth. The sedimentation rate in the Late Berriasian was reduced, as indicated by the increment of fossil remains and trace fossils. Ammonoid moulds show taphonomic features pointing to long-lasting exposure on the sea floor prior to burial with corrasion and encrustation by sessile organisms such as serpulids, thecideidinids, and bryozoans. During calm periods, crustaceans and worms intensely burrowed the sea floor. The record of Thalassinoides and Rhizocorallium indicates bottom conditions ranging from soft to firm. The low sedimentation rate and sediment by-passing probably favored early lithification. The increasing carbonate content as well as decreasing sedimentation rate is compatible with the maximum distance to emerged areas during maximum flooding. High-energy events, probably related to storms, favored the exhumation and extreme corrasion of ammonite moulds and trace fossils. In the resulting substrate, limonitic films developed and encrusting organisms proliferated (serpulids, bryozoans, and thecideidinids), colonizing both the bottom surface (hardground) and exhumed moulds of ammonoids and Thalassinoides. The uppermost 0.7 m of the section represents the return to shallow conditions, with increasing sedimentation rate and terrigenous detrital content, along with the disappearance of hemipelagic forms (ammonoids); hence it is interpreted as having developed at the beginning of a regressive context.
Starting Page	905
Ending Page	920
Page Count	16
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01729179
Journal	Facies
Volume Number	60
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	16124820
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2014-08-23
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Fossil macroinvertebrates Trace fossils Ostracods Hardground Lower Cretaceous Algeria Sedimentology Biogeosciences Geochemistry Paleontology Ecology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Geology Stratigraphy Paleontology

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