Rift-controlled fluvial/tidal transitional series in the OukaiĻmeden Sandstones, High Atlas of Marrakesh (Morocco)
NĻ Benaouiss, L Courel, J Beauchamp - Sedimentary Geology, 1996 - Elsevier
The Carnian formation of the Oukai¨ meden Sandstones was deposited in the northwestern
corner of the African craton along tectonic troughs grouped as a WSW-ENE rift system on the
southwestern margin of the Tethys. Red sandstones represent mainly distal braided-stream
deposits where very extensive sand flats with 3D dunes, 2D sand waves and high-regime
horizontally laminated sandstones predominate. The similarities in orientation between
current patterns and trough border faulting, the sudden large variations in the thickness of …
corner of the African craton along tectonic troughs grouped as a WSW-ENE rift system on the
southwestern margin of the Tethys. Red sandstones represent mainly distal braided-stream
deposits where very extensive sand flats with 3D dunes, 2D sand waves and high-regime
horizontally laminated sandstones predominate. The similarities in orientation between
current patterns and trough border faulting, the sudden large variations in the thickness of …