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The bituminous shales (Lower Toarcian) of the Truc de Balduc represent the deepest facies of a symmetrical cycle of marine sediments. There are close faunistic and facies connections between Southern France and Southwest Germany. A few limestone layers in the bituminous facies can be correlated over very long distances in Europe. Some micropalaeontological results concerning the foraminifera and ostracods are presented.
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Riegraf, W. (1982). The Bituminous Lower Toarcian at the Truc de Balduc Near Mende (Département de la Lozère, S-France). In: Einsele, G., Seilacher, A. (eds) Cyclic and Event Stratification. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75829-4_40
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