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The paper presents information on geochemical and mineralogical investigations of sedimentary rocks carried out in April 2019 in the Northern Morocco. A set of data on mineral and chemical composition of the Late Miocene deposits was obtained in the region of the contourite paleo-channel. The obtained results improved lithological description of the studied outcrops and confirmed the significant role of bottom currents in formation of the Late Miocene deposits of the southern Rifian corridor.
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Authors are thankful to F.J. Hernandez-Molina (Royal Holloway University of London, UK), A. Manar (ONHYM, Morocco), V.I. Vermus (Olimpus Moscow LLC) and D.I. Yuferov (Geoelement Ltd.) for their help in organization the expedition.
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The work is supported by the Russian Science Foundation (Project no. 18-17-00227), the Drifters research group and their affiliation with the Joint Industry Project on sandy contourites (Total, BP, ENI, Exxonmobil, Spectrum/TGS and Wintershall) based at RHUL and the Russian State assignment no. 0149-2019-0007.
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Borisov, D.G., de Weger, W., Ivanova, E.V. et al. Geochemical and Minerological Field Study of Contourite Channel Deposits in Northern Morocco. Oceanology 60, 142–144 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001437020010038
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