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Aptian – Early Albian Sedimentation In The Essaouira-Agadir Basin, Western Morocco

Sédimentation à l'Aptien--Albien inférieur dans le Bassin d'Essaouira-Agadir, Maroc occidental

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Aptian to early Albian times are marked by various geodynamic and paleoenvironmental events such as large igneous province volcanism , perturbations of climate and the carbon cycle, and sea-level changes. The Essaouira-Agadir basin (EAB), located on the Atlantic passive margin of Morocco, offers good and fossiliferous exposures of the Aptian-Albian sedimentary series. A detailed analysis of this succession made it possible to establish a biostratigraphic framework. The identification of discontinuities allowed to define eight depositional sequences. As most of them are correlatable with depositional sequences of other Tethyan areas, they suggest that eustacy was the main parameter controlling sedimentation. The analysis of sedimentary facies and nannofossil assemblages provides information on paleoenvironmental changes. Sedimentation in the EAB evolved from a very low energy, carbonate ramp in the early Aptian to a low energy, slightly deeper, mixed carbonate-clastic ramp in the early Albian. This change occurred along with an increase of clastic input, a change from oligotrophic to mesotrophic faunal assemblages, and a decrease of sea-surface temperatures. The occurrence of current sedimentary features, sporadic dysaerobic deposits and local phosphatic and glauconitic crusts suggests that upwelling currents weresignificant during this period. Paleogeographic and isopach maps support a transgressive trend in the late Aptian and early Albian, and unravel subsidence anomalies suggesting mild halokinetic movements during Aptian-early Albian times.
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hal-02113416 , version 1 (28-04-2019)

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Walid Hassanein Kassab, Khadija El Hariri, Etienne Jaillard, Walid Hassanein Kassab, Fabienne Giraud, et al.. Aptian – Early Albian Sedimentation In The Essaouira-Agadir Basin, Western Morocco. Cretaceous Research, 2019, 102, pp.59-80. ⟨10.1016/j.cretres.2019.04.008⟩. ⟨hal-02113416⟩
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