The intracontinental High Atlas belt: geological overview and pending questions
Abstract The High Atlas intracontinental belt is an inverted rift formed along the Northwest
African Craton, between the Central Atlantic Ocean and the Africa-Eurasia plates' …
African Craton, between the Central Atlantic Ocean and the Africa-Eurasia plates' …
A structural transect through the High and Middle Atlas of Morocco
ML Arboleya, A Teixell, M Charroud… - Journal of African Earth …, 2004 - Elsevier
The surface and crustal structure of the Atlas ranges of Morocco are described by a
structural section from the foreland basin of the Rif to the Sahara craton. The Atlas ranges …
structural section from the foreland basin of the Rif to the Sahara craton. The Atlas ranges …
Comparison of Landsat OLI, ASTER, and Sentinel 2A data in lithological map**: A Case study of Rich area (Central High Atlas, Morocco)
I Bentahar, M Raji - Advances in Space Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The eastern part of the Rich area consists of the massive Paleozoic and Meso-Cenozoic
cover formations that present the geodynamic development of the study area, where is …
cover formations that present the geodynamic development of the study area, where is …
Polyphase tectonics, fault kinematics and metallogenic implications at the fringe of a craton (Anti-Atlas, Morocco)
At the northern border of the West African Craton (WAC), the Saghro massif of the Moroccan
Anti-Atlas belt is renowned for its tectonic complexity inherited from Pan-African, Variscan …
Anti-Atlas belt is renowned for its tectonic complexity inherited from Pan-African, Variscan …
Stratigraphic and geodynamic characterization of Jurassic–Cretaceous “red beds” on the Msemrir–Errachidia E–W transect (central High Atlas, Morocco)
M El Ouali, L Kabiri, B Essafraoui, A Charroud… - Journal of African Earth …, 2021 - Elsevier
The red detrital formations of the Central and Eastern High Atlas of Morocco continue to
spark a large scientific debate around their age varying from the middle Jurassic to the …
spark a large scientific debate around their age varying from the middle Jurassic to the …
Stretching and contraction of extensional basins with pre-rift salt: A numerical modeling approach
We present a series of 2D thermo-mechanical numerical experiments of thick-skinned
crustal extension including a pre-rift salt horizon and subsequent thin-, thick-skinned, or …
crustal extension including a pre-rift salt horizon and subsequent thin-, thick-skinned, or …
Thick-skinned tectonics in a Late Cretaceous-Neogene intracontinental belt (High Atlas Mountains, Morocco): The flat-ramp fault control on basement shortening and …
A Fekkak, H Ouanaimi, A Michard, A Soulaimani… - Journal of African Earth …, 2018 - Elsevier
Most of the structural studies of the intracontinental High Atlas belt of Morocco have dealt
with the central part of the belt, whose basement does not crop out. Here we study the Alpine …
with the central part of the belt, whose basement does not crop out. Here we study the Alpine …
Structural and facies architecture of a diapir-related carbonate minibasin (lower and middle Jurassic, High Atlas, Morocco)
We report the structural geometry and facies architecture of a small diapir-related carbonate-
dominated basin from the Jurassic rift of the Moroccan High Atlas. The Azag minibasin is a …
dominated basin from the Jurassic rift of the Moroccan High Atlas. The Azag minibasin is a …
Extraction and analysis of geological lineaments by combining ASTER-GDEM and Landsat 8 image data in the central high atlas of Morocco
F Abdelouhed, A Ahmed, A Abdellah, I Mohammed… - Natural Hazards, 2022 - Springer
The present work focuses on using remote sensing techniques and geographical
information system (GIS) to automatically extract lineaments in the southeast of Morocco …
information system (GIS) to automatically extract lineaments in the southeast of Morocco …
Tectonic styles in the Marrakesh High Atlas (Morocco): The role of heritage and mechanical stratigraphy
The Moroccan High Atlas is an intra-continental orogen formed during the Cenozoic in
response to crustal shortening and thermal processes. In this study, we focus on the …
response to crustal shortening and thermal processes. In this study, we focus on the …