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Riegraf, Wolfgang; Luterbacher, Hanspeter; Leckie, R Mark (1984): Jurassic microfossils of DSDP Hole 79-547B [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.809976, Supplement to: Riegraf, W et al. (1984): Jurassic foraminifers from the Mazagan Plateau, Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 547, Leg 79, off Morocco. In: Hinz, K; Winterer, EL; et al. (eds.), Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, Washington (U.S. Govt. Printing Office), 79, 671-702, https://doi.org/10.2973/dsdp.proc.79.126.1984

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Abstract:
The first marine incursion of the incipient North Atlantic Ocean is recorded in the uppermost Triassic to Lower Jurassic sequence of DSDP Site 547 off central Morocco. A lithologic change from continental red beds below to slope breccias and hemipelagic carbonates above indicates that a carbonate ramp was probably established by Sinemurian time along the Moroccan continental margin and that subsidence in the adjacent basin was rapid in the early phases of continental rift. Foraminifers recovered from the Liassic (Sinemurian-Pliensbachian) basinal deposits are diverse and well preserved. The faunas are compositionally similar to contemporaneous neritic assemblages of Europe and the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. The Middle Jurassic in Hole 547B is characterized by regressive deposits that are poor in foraminifers. The major Late Jurassic "Atlantic" transgression is again represented by basinal deposits consisting of limestone breccias and pelagic carbonates. Foraminifers recovered from this interval are transitional between Late Jurassic assemblages reported from deep-sea deposits in the North Atlantic and typical Late Jurassic neritic assemblages of Europe. The Late Jurassic assemblages of Hole 547B are primarily dominated by nodosariids and spirillinids with moderate abundances of simple arenaceous forms. Nonreticulate epistominids occur very rarely in the Upper Jurassic of Hole 547B. It is tentatively suggested that these represent upper bathyal assemblages.
Project(s):
Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP)
Coverage:
Latitude: 33.780700 * Longitude: -9.349700
Date/Time Start: 1981-05-03T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1981-05-03T00:00:00
Event(s):
79-547B * Latitude: 33.780700 * Longitude: -9.349700 * Date/Time: 1981-05-03T00:00:00 * Elevation: -3938.0 m * Penetration: 1030 m * Recovery: 153.2 m * Location: North Atlantic/PLATEAU * Campaign: Leg79 * Basis: Glomar Challenger * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 36 cores; 305.5 m cored; 0 m drilled; 50.1 % recovery
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  1. Riegraf, W; Luterbacher, H; Leckie, RM (1984): (Figure 4) Distribution and relative abundances of the benthic foraminifers recovered from the Jurassic section of DSDP Hole 79-547B. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.809972
  2. Riegraf, W; Luterbacher, H; Leckie, RM (1984): (Figure 3) Foraminiferal assemblages recovered from DSDP Hole 79-547B. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.809975
  3. Riegraf, W; Luterbacher, H; Leckie, RM (1984): (Figure 5) Distribution and relative abundances of microbiota recovered from the Jurassic section of DSDP Hole 79-547B. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.809974