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The Upper Albian-Cenomanian and Turanian carbonate platforms of the Eastern Atlasic domain are characterized by a development of rudist formations. The approach undertaken was to examine their relationships with the sequences and system tracts within the palaeogeographic framework. The type of the rudist lithosomes depend upon their palaeogeographic situation and eustatic control. Thus the radiolitid biostromes are localized in the proximal platform of the Zibans and Bellezma High zones whereas the rudist and coral bioherms were observed in the more distal platform around the Aurès basin. This latter occurrence is a consequence of a wide modification of the paleogeography following an important rise of sea level involving a transgression over the margins of the basin.
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Herkat, M. (2003). Palaeogeographic Context of Cenomanian and Turonian Carbonate Platforms in the Eastern Atlasic Domain. In: Gili, E., El Hédi Negra, M., Skelton, P.W. (eds) North African Cretaceous Carbonate Platform Systems. NATO Science Series, vol 28. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0015-4_8
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