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Benabdellouahed, Massinissa; Klingelhoefer, Frauke; Gutscher, M. -a.; Rabineau, Marina; Biari, Youssef; Hafid, M.; Duarte, J. C.; Schnabel, M.; Baltzer, Agnes; Pedoja, K.; Le Roy, P.; Reichert, C.; Sahabi, M.. |
Re-examination of marine geophysical data from the continental margin of West Morocco reveals a broad zone characterized by deformation, active faults and updoming offshore the High Atlas (Morocco margin), situated next to the Tafelney Plateau. Both seismic reflection and swath-bathymetric data, acquired during Mirror marine geophysical survey in 2011, indicate recent uplift of the margin including uplift of the basement. This deformation, which we propose to name the Atlantic Atlas tectonic arch, is interpreted to result largely through uplift of the basement, which originated during the Central Atlantic rifting stage - or even during phases of Hercynian deformation. This has produced a large number of closely spaced normal and reverse faults, “piano key... |
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Palavras-chave: Atlas Mountain belt; Tectonic arch; Moroccan passive margin; Submerged terraces; Uplift. |
Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00378/48975/49382.pdf |
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Klingelhoefer, Frauke; Labails, Cinthia; Cosquer, Emmanuel; Rouzo, Stephane; Geli, Louis; Aslanian, Daniel; Olivet, Jean-louis; Sahabi, M.; Nouze, Herve; Unternehr, P.. |
A total 1500 km of seismic reflection and wide-angle profiles were acquired off the southern Moroccan margin during the DAKHLA cruise, a joint project of Ifremer, the Universities of Brest, El Jadida and Lisbon and Total. The shots along two profiles parallel to the margin and two profiles perpendicular to the margin were also recorded by ocean bottom seismometers (OBS). The profiles perpendicular to the margin were additionally extended on land using 14 stations on the northern profile and 11 stations on the southern profile. Modelling of the reflection and wide-angle seismic data reveals a 10 km deep sedimentary basin including two high velocity carbonate layers. Lateral crustal thinning is observed from a 27 km thick crystalline continental crust to a 7... |
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Palavras-chave: Ocean continent transition; Keyword wide angle seismic; Southern Moroccan margin. |
Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2009/publication-6410.pdf |
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