Evidences of “Lago-Mare” episode around the Messinian-Pliocene boundary in eastern Tunisia (central Mediterranean)
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- 作者：Mouna Friguia ; frigui_mouna@yahoo.fr" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Mohamed Ben Youssefa ; Mohamed Ouajab
- 关键词：Messinian ; Pliocene ; Brackish fauna ; Lago-Mare ; Eastern Tunisia ; Mediterranean
- 刊名：Journal of African Earth Sciences
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：November 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：123
- 期：Complete
- 页码：57-74
- 全文大小：6976 K
文摘
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The Early Messinian is marked by a very costal facies coeval of the Ksour Essaf and the Beni Khiar formations.
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The Lago-Mare (LM1) sediments attested by brackish fauna exist in Eastern Tunisia.
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The lack of Early Pliocene deposits is due to an uplift occurring since the Late Messinian.
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Four erosional surfaces related to tectono-eustatic events occurred since Late Tortonian to Late Pliocene.
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The Late Pliocene Transgression fossilizes the witnesses of the Late Miocene tectonic activity.