New insights from ichnological data in the Senhaja Basin (Western Meseta, Morocco): implications for palaeoenvironment and paleoecology

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00025798%3A_____%2F25%3A10169835" target="_blank" >RIV/00025798:_____/25:10169835 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00216224:14310/25:00142743

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s41513-025-00323-8" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s41513-025-00323-8</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41513-025-00323-8" target="_blank" >10.1007/s41513-025-00323-8</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

New insights from ichnological data in the Senhaja Basin (Western Meseta, Morocco): implications for palaeoenvironment and paleoecology

Original language description

Ichnological data serve as a valuable tool for reconstructing the paleogeographic, paleoecological, and biochronological framework of upper Carboniferous-Permian red-bed continental deposits. The Senhaja Basin, a late-orogenic Variscan basin, is located in the easternmost part of the Jebilet Massif within the Moroccan Western Meseta. It unconformably overlies a basement that underwent intense deformation during multiple phases of the Variscan Orogeny. Recent field investigations have led to the first discovery of a diverse ichnofaunal assemblage in this basin. The ichnofossils identified include: (1) invertebrate traces such as Arenicolites, Paleohelcura tridactyla, Scoyenia gracilis, Palaeophycus tubularis, and Palaeophycus striatus; and (2) vertebrate footprints attributed to Hyloidichnus bifurcatus and Batrachichnus salamandroides. These findings provide crucial insights into the paleoenvironmental and paleoecological conditions prevailing during the deposition of these sediments. The ichnological assemblage, in conjunction with sedimentological facies analysis, suggests deposition within a fluvial system characterized by a transition from high-energy channel environments to lower-energy settings, including crevasse splays and floodplains. The presence of vertebrate and invertebrate trace fossils further refines the paleoenvironment, reinforcing its correlation with other upper Carboniferous-Permian successions in the Moroccan Meseta. These findings highlight the significance of ichnological data in refining basin evolution models and contribute to a broader understanding of late-Variscan paleogeography in North Africa.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10505 - Geology

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA25-16958S" target="_blank" >GA25-16958S: Tropical climate and vegetation response during the Late Paleozoic Ice Age; an integrated study of spatial and temporal variability</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

JOURNAL OF IBERIAN GEOLOGY

ISSN

1698-6180

e-ISSN

1886-7995

Volume of the periodical

51

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

ES - SPAIN

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

679-693

UT code for WoS article

001624755500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105023116685