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

• Main Authors: Kaminski, MA, Kuhnt, W, Radley, JD
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: GEOLOGICAL SOC PUBL HOUSE 1996
• Subjects: BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; Rif; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/403870/

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...