The Late Campanian and Maastrichtian in northwestern Tunisia: Palaeoenvironmental inferences from lithology, macrofauna and benthic foraminifera

Liangquan Li; Gerta Keller; Wolfgang Stinnesbeck

doi:10.1006/cres.1999.0148

The Late Campanian and Maastrichtian in northwestern Tunisia: Palaeoenvironmental inferences from lithology, macrofauna and benthic foraminifera

Liangquan Li, Gerta Keller, Wolfgang Stinnesbeck

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Abstract

Late Campanian through Maastrichtian sea-level changes are examined based on lithology, macrofossils and benthic foraminifera at the Elles and El Kef sections in Tunisia. Six major sea-level regressions are identified during the late Campanian (74.4-74.2 Ma, 74.0-72.5 Ma), the Campanian-Maastrichtian transition (72.2-70.3 Ma), early Maastrichtian (69.6-69.3 Ma, 68.9-68.3 Ma), and late Maastrichtian (~65.5 Ma). Correlation of the Maastrichtian sea-level regressions with the oxygen isotope record of DSDP Site 525 in the middle latitude South Atlantic reveals that they coincide with episodes of high latitude cooling and appear to be of eustatic origin.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	231-252
Number of pages	22
Journal	Cretaceous Research
Volume	20
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1006/cres.1999.0148
State	Published - Apr 1999

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Palaeontology

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Benthic foraminifera
Late Cretaceous
Lithology
Sea-level
Tunisia

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