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Maestrichtian

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Maestrichtian [ma′strik·tē·ən]
(geology)
A European stage of geologic time: Upper Cretaceous (above Menevian, below Fastiniogian).


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7% sulphur content, reservoired in Maestrichtian Garzan carbonates.
7% sulphur content, reservoired in Maestrichtian Garzan carbonates.
Shallow carbonates recovered from several sites along the Ninetyeast Ridge evolved from Campanian (approximately 80 million year old) algae and coral-rich limestones at the most northern site, Maestrichtian (about 70 million year old) shallow carbonates farther south, Paleocene (some 63 million year old) gastropods, bivalves, and echinoderms at a more southern site, and, finally, at the most southern site, a middle/upper Eocene to lower Oligocene (52 to 30 million year old) faunal assemblage.
 
 
 
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