Table 3 Mean percentage of particulate organic matter recovered from the studied samples
Formation | Sample no | Phytoclast Group | Amorphous Group (granular AOM) | Palynomorph Group | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opaque | Translucent TP | Miospores | Phytoplankton | ||||
Op-Eq | Op-la | ||||||
Tinerhir Fm | SP8 | 97 | 1 | 1 | – | < 1 | < 1 |
SP6 | 98 | – | 1–2 | – | < 1 | – | |
Aït Yalla Fm | SP5 | 97 | 1 | 1 | – | < 1 | < 1 |
SP4 | 96 | 1 | 2 | – | < 1 | < 1 | |
SP3 | 97 | – | 2 | – | < 1 | < 1 | |
SP2 | 95 | 1 | 1 | 3 | – | – | |
SP1 | 95 | 1 | – | 3–4 | < 1 | – | |