NDLI: The Upper Pleistocene deposits in Rafraf (Northeastern Tunisia): new data on the Persististrombus latus level

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Author	Chakroun, Amel Zaghbib Turki, Dalila Turki, Mohamed Moncef
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	Detailed observation of the Upper Pleistocene deposits of Rafraf (Bizerte, Northeastern Tunisia) provides new data about the significant variations in facies, thickness, and faunal assemblages. This work reports, for the first time, the occurrence of a Persististrombus latus level in the Rafraf sea coast. Facies analyses added to the recorded sedimentary features were carried in order to recognize stratigraphy, paleontology, and sea level highstands. They revealed complex succession of various Upper Pleistocene environments ranging from coastal dunes to inner platforms with scatter builds by Vermetus triquetrus and P. latus. The marine Upper Pleistocene deposits rich in the Senegalese fauna P. latus draw scale steps outcropping at diverse altitudes varying between 1 and 14 m. Serial sections along the border of the Rafraf beach show the action of many faults trending EW and NW-SE. Even though these faults got low values of vertical throw, their cumulative throw values led to these different altitudes of strata containing P. latus. These altitude variations are mainly the result of the inherited geomorphology, the environmental distribution, the sea level fluctuations and the tectonic activities.
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Ending Page	13
Page Count	13
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ISSN	18667511
Journal	Arabian Journal of Geosciences
Volume Number	9
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	18667538
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2016-04-12
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Tunisia Upper Pleistocene Persististrombus latus Facies Earth Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Earth and Planetary Sciences Environmental Science

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