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Stromatolitic Origin of Laminar Crusts in Palustrine Environments (Pleistocene of Borj Edouana Unit, Northwestern Tunisia)

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The Pleistocene Borj Edouane in NW Tunisia unit consists of two principal facies associations: (1) calcrete-palustrine-laminar crust facies and (2) microbialites. The laminar crusts consist of millimeter-thick couples (ranging from 0.7 to 3 mm thick) of light (from 0.4 to 2 mm) and dark (from 0.2 to 1 mm) laminae. The laminar alternation represents the succession of events with biological remains under quite hydrodynamic conditions (dark laminae) and of slight erosion and transport episodes by thin water sheets and/or eolian activity (detrital phases, light laminae). The presence of intervening intraclastic-ooidal layers indicate erosive processes and the action of weak sheet flows. The laminar crusts were developed in marginal palustrine environments.

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This work was supported by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Tunisia and MINECO CGL2014-54818-P.

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  1. Salamanca University, 37071, Salamanca, Spain

    Ildefonso Armenteros

  2. Faculty of Science of Bizerte, University of Carthage, 7021, Zarzouna, Tunisia

    Naoufel Ghannem & Kamel Regaya

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  1. Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, University of Carthage, Amilcar, Tunisia

    Mabrouk Boughdiri

  2. Earth Science Department, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

    Beatriz Bádenas

  3. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA

    Paul Selden

  4. University of Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France

    Etienne Jaillard

  5. Institute of Earth Sciences, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

    Peter Bengtson

  6. University of Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France

    Bruno R.C. Granier

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Armenteros, I., Ghannem, N., Regaya, K. (2019). Stromatolitic Origin of Laminar Crusts in Palustrine Environments (Pleistocene of Borj Edouana Unit, Northwestern Tunisia). In: Boughdiri, M., Bádenas, B., Selden, P., Jaillard, E., Bengtson, P., Granier, B. (eds) Paleobiodiversity and Tectono-Sedimentary Records in the Mediterranean Tethys and Related Eastern Areas. CAJG 2018. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01452-0_37

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