Palaeocene–Eocene deep water agglutinated foraminifera from the Numidian Flysch (Rif, Northern Morocco): their significance for the palaeoceanography of the Gibraltar gateway

• Published in: Journal of Micropalaeontology
• Main Authors: Kaminski, Michael A., Kuhnt, Wolfgang, Radley, Jon D.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Rif; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1144/jm.15.1.1; https://jm.copernicus.org/articles/15/1/1996/

A lower bathyal to abyssal agglutinated foraminiferal fauna (over 78 taxa belonging to 31 genera) is documented from Palaeocene–Eocene deep-water sediments of the Numidian Flysch (Talaa Lakrah Unit) in Northern Morocco. The sample locality is adjacent to the Strait of Gibraltar, which comprised an o...