BIOLOGICAL METAL ACCUMULATION IN THE RED BEDS (GUETTIOUA MEMBER) OF THE BATHONIAN (DOGGER) OF MSEMRIR, CENTRAL HIGH ATLAS, MOROCCO

Authors
KOHRING R
Citation
R. Kohring, BIOLOGICAL METAL ACCUMULATION IN THE RED BEDS (GUETTIOUA MEMBER) OF THE BATHONIAN (DOGGER) OF MSEMRIR, CENTRAL HIGH ATLAS, MOROCCO, Geologische Rundschau, 81(1), 1992, pp. 85-90
Citations number
23
Journal title
Geologische Rundschau → ACNP
ISSN journal
00167835
Volume
81
Issue
1
Year of publication
1992
Pages
85 - 90
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-7835(1992)81:1<85:BMAITR>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
A fluviatile sequence is described from the Dogger (Bathonian) of Msem rir (Central High Atlas, Morocco). The base comprises laminites with f ine clouds of galena and some zinc minerals, while the rest of the pro file consists of point bars with conglomerates. Due to their limitatio n on lower energy levels, the sulphide minerals are interpreted as bio logical metal accumulations of bacterial metabolic processes.