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Carbonate mounds of the Moroccan Mediterranean margin: Facies and environmental controls
Sedimentological and geochemical studies of boxcores from the Brittlestar Ridge I and Cabliers carbonate mounds, along the Moroccan Mediterranean margin, show that sediments are composed of cold water scleratian corals and micritic mud, muddy micrite or muddy allochem limestone matrix, outlining seven different facies that can be attributed to “cluster reefs”. The mixed siliciclastic/carbonate sediments have been derived from both extra- and intrabasinal sources. Extra-basinal sources may be the geological formations outcropping in the Moroccan hinterland and Sahara, the latter including corals and associated bioclasts. Sediments were transported by wind and rivers and redistributed by bottom currents and local upwelling. Our results confirm the role of tectonics in the genesis of these carbonate mounds and reveal that their developments during the Holocene (10.34–0.91ka BP) was controlled by climatic fluctuations (e.g. Holocene Climate Optimum and Little Ice Age), eustatic sea level change, and hydrodynamic regime.
- RERO - Library Network of Western Switzerland Switzerland
- University of Fribourg Switzerland
- Mohammed V University Morocco
- Ghent University Belgium
- French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea France
Microsoft Academic Graph classification: Micrite Holocene climatic optimum Geochemistry chemistry.chemical_compound Sedimentology Reef Holocene geography geography.geographical_feature_category chemistry Facies Carbonate Siliciclastic Geology
Carbonate mounds, Sedimentary geochemistry, Global and Planetary Change, Sedimentology, Moroccan Mediterranean margin, Cold water corals, General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Carbonate mounds, Sedimentary geochemistry, Global and Planetary Change, Sedimentology, Moroccan Mediterranean margin, Cold water corals, General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Microsoft Academic Graph classification: Micrite Holocene climatic optimum Geochemistry chemistry.chemical_compound Sedimentology Reef Holocene geography geography.geographical_feature_category chemistry Facies Carbonate Siliciclastic Geology
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