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Leckie, R Mark (1984): Mid-Cretaceous planktonic foraminifera off central Morocco [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.809486, Supplement to: Leckie, RM (1984): Mid-Cretaceous planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy off central Morocco, Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 79, Sites 545 and 547. In: Hinz, K; Winterer, EL; et al. (eds.), Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, Washington (U.S. Govt. Printing Office), 79, 579-620, https://doi.org/10.2973/dsdp.proc.79.122.1984

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Abstract:
Sites 545 and 547 collectively penetrated 629 m of mid-Cretaceous strata (upper Aptian to upper Cenomanian) off central Morocco during Leg 79 of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. Site 545, at the base of the steep Mazagan Escarpment, records a virtually complete succession of hemipelagic sediments of early late Aptian to middle Cenomanian age. Minor faunal recycling occurred throughout much of the upper Aptian to middle Albian part of the sequence (Cores 55 through 41), reflecting bottom currents along the Mazagan Escarpment. This may be related to the strong upwelling regime and high surface water productivity over Site 545 during the latest Aptian through middle Albian. The upwelling system ceased rather abruptly in this area in late middle Albian time. Recycling of older strata by bottom currents also ceased in the late middle Albian and resulted in a slower average accumulation rate in the upper Albian to middle Cenomanian section of Site 545 (Cores 40 through 28). However, intervals of pebbly claystone conglomerates in Cores 40 and 34 record sporadic instability in the slope adjacent to Site 545. Site 547, located only about 15 km seaward, is situated in a small sub-basin adjacent to the basement block drilled by Site 544. It contains an expanded upper Albian to upper Cenomanian sequence as a result of the numerous conglomeratic intervals throughout much of the section. In contrast to Site 545, the conglomerates were not derived from older strata cropping out on the Mazagan Escarpment; rather, they originated penecontemporaneously from a local unstable slope.
A detailed biostratigraphic framework based on planktonic foraminifers is established for the mid-Cretaceous sections of Sites 545 and 547 and a new composite zonal scheme is proposed for the early late Aptian through early late Cenomanian interval. Fifty-five species are recognized and illustrated
Project(s):
Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 33.722500 * Median Longitude: -9.357200 * South-bound Latitude: 33.664300 * West-bound Longitude: -9.364700 * North-bound Latitude: 33.780700 * East-bound Longitude: -9.349700
Date/Time Start: 1981-04-23T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1981-05-03T00:00:00
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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  1. Leckie, RM (1984): (Figure 7) Distribution and character of selected biogenic and lithologic components at DSDP Hole 79-545. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.809485
  2. Leckie, RM (1984): (Table 1) Distribution and relative abundance of mid-Cretaceous planktonic foraminifers at DSDP Hole 79-545. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.810077
  3. Leckie, RM (1984): (Figure 8) Distribution and character of selected biogenic and lithologic components at DSDP Hole 79-547A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.809484
  4. Leckie, RM (1984): (Table 2) Distribution and relative abundance of mid-Cretaceous planktonic foraminifers at DSDP Site 79-547A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.810079