Table 1 Samples taken from the outcrops with sampling depth, individual type of grain size analysis (WS = wet sieving; L = laser diffraction; AMS = Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility) and foraminifera tests with results of micropalaeontology (SF = shell fragments; gastr = marine gastropods; GL sp. = Globigerina sp.; EL cr. = Elphidium crispum; AM tep sp. = Ammonia tepida sp.; AM bec. = Ammonia beccarii; BU sp. = Bulimina sp.; No sp. = Nodosaria sp.

Outcrop Th01

S1a

0–10 cm

WS

-

✓

SF; gastr.; GL sp.; EL cr.; AM tep sp.; AM bec

S1b

10–20 cm

WS

-

✓

SF; gastr.; GL sp.; EL cr.; AM tep sp.; AM bec

S1c

20–30 cm

L

✓

✓

SF; gastr.; GL sp.; EL cr.; AM tep sp.; AM bec

S1d

30–40 cm

L

✓

✓

SF; gastr.; GL sp.; EL cr.; AM tep sp.; AM bec

S1e

40–50 cm

L

✓

✓

SF; gastr.; GL sp.; EL cr.; AM tep sp.; AM bec

S1f

50–60 cm

L

✓

✓

SF; gastr.; GL sp.; EL cr.; AM tep sp.; AM bec

S1g

60–70 cm

Outcrop Th02

S2a

0–30 cm

WS

-

✓

SF; gastr.

S2b

30–45 cm

WS

-

✓

SF; EL cr.; gastr.

S2c

45–47 cm

L

✓

✓

SF; GL sp. (rew.); EL cr.; AM sp.;

S2d

47–49 cm

L

✓

✓

SF; GL sp. (rew.); EL cr.; AM sp.;

S2e

49–51 cm

L

✓

✓

SF; GL sp. (rew.); EL cr.; AM sp.;

S2f

51–53 cm

L

✓

✓

SF; GL sp. (rew.); EL cr.; AM sp.;

S2j

53–55 cm

L

✓

✓

SF; GL sp. (rew.); EL cr.; AM sp.;

S2h

55–57 cm

L

✓

✓

SF; GL sp. (rew.); EL cr.; AM sp.;

Outcrop Th03

S3a

0–20 cm

L

✓

✓

SF; GL sp. (rew.); EL cr.; AM sp.; GL sp;

S3b

20–30 cm

L

✓

✓

SF; GL sp. (rew.); EL cr.; AM sp.; No p;

S3c

30–40 cm

L

✓

✓

SF; GL sp. (rew.); EL cr.; AM sp.; OR sp;

S3d

40–42 cm

L

✓

✓

SF; GL sp. (rew.); EL cr.; AM sp.; No sp; GL sp;

S3e

42–44 cm

L

✓

✓

SF; GL sp. (rew.); EL cr.; AM sp.; GL sp;

Beach (Tahaddart)

Sb

0–30 cm

WS

-

✓

EL cr.; SF; gastr.; EL cr.; AM sp.;

Marshlands

SM₁

0–30 cm (O. Hachef)

WS

-

✓

EL cr.; SF; gastr. OR uni sp.; No sp.;

SM₂

0–30 cm (O. Mharhar)

WS

-

✓

EL cr.; SF; gastr. OR uni sp.; No sp.; GL sp. (rew.);