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Figure 16: Tinghir section. A, view of the upper part of the section showing the alternation of green (marine) and red (continental) deposits; B, detailed view; C, upper part of a medium-frequency sequence showing superimposed fluvial channels filled with coarse-grained sandstones (C), and finer-grained, evenly-stratified sandstone of splay deposits (D); E, F and I, different views of evenly-stratified medium-grained sansdtones showing marine burrows, and interpreted as tidal flat deposits, post-depositionally reddened by the fluvial deposits below and above; G and H, uppermost part of the section showing the gradual transition from the fluvial and the full-marine deposits of the C-T transition.