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Sedimentology, paleogeography and climatology of the Hauterivian-Barremian in Tunisia and neighboring Tethyan realms

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Hauterivian–Barremian deposits, outcropping in central Tunisia, consist of varied deposits. A detailed study pertaining to field prospecting and facies investigation yielded 15 facies, grouped into three lithofacies associations: siliciclastic, carbonates, and mixed series. These lithofacies were settled on varied shallow marine environments. Meter-scale shallowing up sequences passing up from lower infratidal to supratidal environments recorded the regressive trend of the Bou Hedma Formation. Facies panoply and stacking patterns show the control of both climate and tectonics. Synsedimentary tectonics and diapirism controlled the accommodation space. High subsidence rates allowed the accumulation of massively bedded evaporites, especially for the uppermost part. The turnover from humid to xeric conditions yielded the conspicuous change in sedimentary fabrics. The record of sebkha sequences, within the upper Bou Hedma Formation, points to the occurrence of containment conditions and the cease of huge detrital inputs. From south to north, the gradual transition from barren shallow marine environments to ammonite-rich deeper tiers is summarized in a tectonically disturbed mixed-series ramp, occasionally submitted to storms. A correlative study across the Tethyan realms proved that the deepest deposits, cropping out in northeastern Tunisia, could represent lateral equivalents of the Vocontian (France) and the Rio Argos (Spain) hemipelagic ammonite-rich carbonates and marls. Subtropical warm and xeric Suitable paleoenvironmental conditions allowed the occurrence of rudist-coral-bryozoan buildups in east-central Tunisia. These deposits could be coeval to the “urgonien blanc” reefs prospering in northern Tethyan realms. Fault reactivation associated with halokinetic movements triggered mass-gravity deposits hampering builders to thrive.

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Amami, M., Mardassi, B. & Ouali, J. Sedimentology, paleogeography and climatology of the Hauterivian-Barremian in Tunisia and neighboring Tethyan realms. Carbonates Evaporites 36, 30 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13146-021-00695-9

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