@article {8498,
	title = {Stratigraphy, palaeontology and sedimentology of the Upper Cretaceous of northern Tademait (Sahara, Algeria)},
	journal = {Cretaceous Research},
	volume = {149},
	year = {2023},
	abstract = {
	Thorough sedimentological and palaeontological analyses of four expanded\&nbsp;Upper Cretaceous\&nbsp;sections in northern Tademait had allowed us to address and reconsider the stratigraphical framework of the so-called {\textquoteleft}Continental Intercalary{\textquoteright} and {\textquoteleft}Hamada series{\textquoteright} in this remote Saharan area. These four sections (i.e., Meguidene, Gara Samani, Oued El Mezaourou-Gour Louazouaza, and El Menia) document\&nbsp;Upper Cretaceous\&nbsp;strata overlying post-Palaeozoic substrata and ranging from the clastic Gara Samani Formation (of supposed early\&nbsp;Cenomanian\&nbsp;age), through the El Golea Clays (lower{\textendash}middle Cenomanian), the Gour Louazouaza Formation (lowermost upper\&nbsp;Cenomanian, with the Oued El Mezaourou Limestone Member ranging from the\&nbsp;Neolobites vibrayeanus\&nbsp;to the\&nbsp;Vascoceras gamai\&nbsp;ammonite\&nbsp;zones of the uppermost Cenomanian, and the Marls of Gara Mta El Mar Member of the\&nbsp;Choffaticeras sinaiticum\&nbsp;ammonite\&nbsp;Zone in the lower, but not lowermost, Turonian), to the Ain El-Hadjaj Formation (of alleged\&nbsp;Campanian\&nbsp;age). Most efforts have concentrated on the {\textquoteleft}mid{\textquoteright}-Cretaceous deposits that yield vertebrates and diversified ammonite and macrofossil assemblages. In spite of these improved correlations, further bio-chronostratigraphical data are needed in order to constrain the stratigraphical gap within the Gour Louazouaza Formation at the Cenomanian{\textendash}Turonian boundary (C/TB) better. The succession studied can be correlated with other similar-aged sections in\&nbsp;North Africa\&nbsp;and illustrates the development of braided fluvial and aeolian dune-interdune environments followed by a ramp depositional system in response to the early\&nbsp;Late Cretaceous\&nbsp;second-order\&nbsp;sea level rise\&nbsp;along the southern margin of the\&nbsp;Tethys.

},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105547},
	author = {Benyoucef,  Madani and Salamon, Mariusz and Bruno Ferr{\'e} and Bouchemla, Imad and Slami, Rafika and Veselsk{\'a}, Martina-Ko{\v c}ov{\'a}}
}
