Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 178 (2002) iii

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Special Issue

Cretaceous-Paleogene transition in Tunisia, May 1998

Edited by

Ju«rgen Remane and Thierry Adatte

Institut de Ge¤ologie, Universite¤ de Neucha“tel, 11 Emile Argand, 2007 Neucha“tel, Switzerland

CONTENTS

Foreword
J. Remane and T. Adatte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
The Cretaceous^Paleogene transition in Tunisia: general overview
H. Bensalem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
High stress late Maastrichtian paleoenvironment: inference from planktonic foraminifera in Tunisia
S. Abramovich and G. Keller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Late Cretaceous to early Paleocene climate and sea-level £uctuations: the Tunisian record
T. Adatte, G. Keller and W. Stinnesbeck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Changes in coiling direction of Cibicidoides pseudoacutus (Nakkady) across the Cretaceous^Tertiary boundary of Tunisia:
palaeoecological and biostratigraphic implications
S. Galeotti and R. Coccioni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Late Maastrichtian to early Danian calcareous nannofossils at Elles (Northwest Tunisia). A tale of one million years across
the K^T boundary
S. Gardin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
The Cretaceous^Tertiary (K^T) mass extinction in planktic foraminifera at Elles I and El Melah, Tunisia
N. Karoui-Yaakoub, D. Zaghbib-Turki and G. Keller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Paleoecology of the Cretaceous^Tertiary mass extinction in planktonic foraminifera
G. Keller, T. Adatte, W. Stinnesbeck, V. Luciani, N. Karoui-Yaakoub and D. Zaghbib-Turki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
High-resolution planktonic foraminiferal analysis from the Cretaceous^Tertiary boundary at Ain Settara (Tunisia): evi-
dence of an extended mass extinction
V. Luciani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Trace elements, stable isotopes, and clay mineralogy of the Elles II K^T boundary section in Tunisia: indications for sea
level £uctuations and primary productivity
D. Stu«ben, U. Kramar, Z. Berner, W. Stinnesbeck, G. Keller and T. Adatte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321