Early Holocene Oöids in Modern Littoral Sands Reworked from a Coastal Terrace, Southern Tunisia

Locally, Early Holocene (Atlanticum) oöids, dated with carbon-14, form the major compound in the Recent near-shore sediments of the Gulf of Gabes (southern Tunisia, Mediterranean Sea). They are reworked from coastal oölites and are not forming today. The Holocene oölites crop out at the seaward side...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1970-08, Vol.169 (3947), p.757-760
Main Authors: Fabricius, Frank H., Berdau, Dietrich, Münnich, Karl-Otto
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Carbonates
Coatings
Fossils
Leaching
Quartz
Radiocarbon
Rocks
Sea level
Sediments
Terraces
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Summary:Locally, Early Holocene (Atlanticum) oöids, dated with carbon-14, form the major compound in the Recent near-shore sediments of the Gulf of Gabes (southern Tunisia, Mediterranean Sea). They are reworked from coastal oölites and are not forming today. The Holocene oölites crop out at the seaward side of a coastal terrace, while the oolitic rocks from the inland side give a straightforward carbon-14 age of 20,000 to 30,000 years before the present. The entire terrace was formerly dated as Tyrrhenian III (= last interglacial time).
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.169.3947.757