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The bryozoan-rich Khabt-el-Hajar Formation in southern Morocco is primarily an early Hirnantian stratigraphic unit that records glacio-eustatically driven regressive-transgressive cycles linked to interglacial transgressions, challenging its previous classification as a single upper Katian archive. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.CONTRADICTORY. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.CHALLENGES_CONSENSUS.

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Determine the age, depositional architecture, and climatic drivers of the mixed carbonate-siliciclastic Khabt-el-Hajar Formation in southern Morocco.

September 14, 2026Geological JournalOpen Access

Bryozoan‐Rich Carbonate Units of the Erfoud Area ( SE Morocco) Record Latest Katian to Early Hirnantian Interglacial Intervals

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PRPhilippe RazinEnvironnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux JGJean‐François GhienneCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique AMAmira MeddourEnvironnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux

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Stratigraphic analysis reveals glacio-eustatic cycles in Moroccan carbonates, indicating repeated interglacial transgressions prior to the Hirnantian glacial maximum.

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Determine the age, depositional architecture, and climatic drivers of the mixed carbonate-siliciclastic Khabt-el-Hajar Formation in southern Morocco.
Conducted geological mapping and sedimentological facies analysis of channel-like shelf incisions and cross-stratified carbonate units.
Identified biozonal chitinozoan assemblages recovered below basal incision surfaces and within the maximum flooding intervals to constrain depositional timing.
Characterized tidal calcarenites and bryozoan boundstones infilling kilometre-scale, tens-of-metres-deep incisions overlying regressive delta deposits.
Constrained the formation primarily to the early Hirnantian across the latest Katian boundary, establishing correlation with the Lower Second Bani Formation.
Demonstrated that repeated shelf incisions and bryozoan intervals reflect glacio-eustatically driven regressive-transgressive cycles rather than a single pre-glacial climatic optimum.

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Razin et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa7b41e0926e14a848b39a2 https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.70458

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September 14, 2026Geological JournalOpen Access

Bryozoan‐Rich Carbonate Units of the Erfoud Area ( SE Morocco) Record Latest Katian to Early Hirnantian Interglacial Intervals

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Implication

Stratigraphic analysis reveals glacio-eustatic cycles in Moroccan carbonates, indicating repeated interglacial transgressions prior to the Hirnantian glacial maximum.

Key Points

Determine the age, depositional architecture, and climatic drivers of the mixed carbonate-siliciclastic Khabt-el-Hajar Formation in southern Morocco.
Conducted geological mapping and sedimentological facies analysis of channel-like shelf incisions and cross-stratified carbonate units.
Identified biozonal chitinozoan assemblages recovered below basal incision surfaces and within the maximum flooding intervals to constrain depositional timing.
Characterized tidal calcarenites and bryozoan boundstones infilling kilometre-scale, tens-of-metres-deep incisions overlying regressive delta deposits.
Constrained the formation primarily to the early Hirnantian across the latest Katian boundary, establishing correlation with the Lower Second Bani Formation.
Demonstrated that repeated shelf incisions and bryozoan intervals reflect glacio-eustatically driven regressive-transgressive cycles rather than a single pre-glacial climatic optimum.

Cite This Study

Razin et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa7b41e0926e14a848b39a2 https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.70458

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