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https://doi.org/10.5194/jm-41-129-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/jm-41-129-2022
Research article
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13 Sep 2022
Research article |  | 13 Sep 2022

Meghalayan environmental evolution of the Thapsus coast (Tunisia) as inferred from sedimentological and micropaleontological proxies

Mohamed Kamoun, Martin R. Langer, Chahira Zaibi, and Mohamed Ben Youssef

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Sedimentology and micropaleontology analyses provide the dynamic processes that shaped the environmental evolution of the Thapsus coastline (Tunisia) including its lagoon and Roman harbor. The highlights are paleoenvironmental change records from the coast of Thapsus for the last 4000 years, benthic foraminiferal biota recording the dynamic coastal processes, two transgressive events being recognized, and a presented model for the paleoenvironmental evolution.