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Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy And Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction Of The Paleocene–Eocene Transition At The Kharrouba Section, Tunisia (Southern Tethys Margin), Lamia Zili, Dalila Zaghbib-Turki
Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy And Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction Of The Paleocene–Eocene Transition At The Kharrouba Section, Tunisia (Southern Tethys Margin), Lamia Zili, Dalila Zaghbib-Turki
Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences
At Kharrouba (near Tunis City in northern Tunisia), on the southern margin of the Tethyan realm, the Paleocene-Eocene (P-E) transition interval deposition is continuous and complete. Based on high-resolution analysis and quantitative data of planktonic and benthic foraminifera at the Kharrouba section, this transition interval records expanded deposition of the relevant standard planktonic foraminiferal biozones with indicative index species i.e.: Morozovella velascoensis for the latest Paleocene P5 zone, and Acarinina sibaiyaensis for the earliest Eocene E1 zone, Pseudohastigerina wilcoxensis for the E2 zone, Morozovella marginodentata for the E3 zone and Morozovella formosa for the E4 zone. This complete section contains …