This 2-3 day field excursion is dedicated to observing the geometries, sedimentary facies and facies associations of a Tortonian turbidite system (Tachrift Turbidite System: Felletti et al., 2020, 2023, Reguzzi et al., 2023), spectacularly exposed along the southern margin of the Taza-Guercif Basin. The first day will focus on the lower stratigraphic portion of the system (closer to the source of the clastic material), while the second day will concentrate on the more distal mid-upper portion. This itinerary will allow us to observe spatio-temporal variations in the depositional style and architectural elements, from up the slope until the deepwater, providing useful insights for discussions on the system's evolution, depositional mechanisms and controlling factors.

This 1-2 day field excursion is dedicated to visit exceptional outcrops of mixed bio- siliciclastic sandstones and heterolithic facies of the Upper Miocene Riffian Corridor in the Saiss Basin of northern Morocco. These deposits are associated to the gradual closure of the seaway that once connected the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. They represent a seismic scale record of contourite channels, drifts and gravitational deposits (Capella et al., 2017, de Weger et al., 2020, 2021, 2023) and form an exceptional background for stimulating conceptional discussions about the processes, geometries and stacking patterns of the different erosive and depositional elements of bottom current dominated depositional environments.