Cambrian–Ordovician depositional sequences in the Middle East: a perspective from Turkey

JF Ghienne, O Monod, H Kozlu, WT Dean - Earth-Science Reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
In southern Turkey (Taurus Chain or Taurides) and southeastern Turkey (Border Folds of the
Arabian Plate), nearly complete Cambrian to Ordovician successions are preserved. Four …

The Central Iapetus magmatic province: An updated review and link with the ca. 580 Ma Gaskiers glaciation

N Youbi, RE Ernst, U Söderlund, MA Boumehdi… - 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Large igneous provinces and associated silicic magmatism can have a significant global
climatic effect, so we explored the relationship between the large igneous province record …

The boundaries of the West African craton, with special reference to the basement of the Moroccan metacratonic Anti-Atlas belt

N Ennih, JP Liégeois - Geological Society, London, Special …, 2008 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract The West African craton (WAC) was constructed during the Archaean and the c. 2
Ga Palaeoproterozoic Eburnian orogeny. Mesoproterozoic quiescence at c. 1.7–1.0 Ga …

The pan-african belt

D Gasquet, N Ennih, JP Liégeois, A Soulaimani… - … Evolution: The Geology …, 2008 - Springer
References: Since the milestone works of Choubert (1963), and Choubert & Faure-Muret
(1970), a number of papers have proposed synthetic, and often contrasting views on the …

Coupled U–Pb–Hf of detrital zircons of Cambrian sandstones from Morocco and Sardinia: implications for provenance and Precambrian crustal evolution of North …

D Avigad, A Gerdes, N Morag, T Bechstädt - Gondwana Research, 2012 - Elsevier
U–Pb–Hf of detrital zircons from diverse Cambrian units in Morocco and Sardinia were
investigated in order to clarify the sandstone provenance and how it evolved with time, to …

[HTML][HTML] Tectonics of the anti-atlas of Morocco

M Burkhard, S Caritg, U Helg, C Robert-Charrue… - Comptes Rendus …, 2006 - Elsevier
The Anti-Atlas is reviewed and examined in the light of its geodynamic significance as a
Palaeozoic basin and fold belt. Shortening is accommodated by polyharmonic buckle …

A multidisciplinary approach for groundwater potential mapping in a fractured semi-arid terrain (Kerdous Inlier, Western Anti-Atlas, Morocco)

K Benjmel, F Amraoui, A Aydda, A Tahiri, M Yousif… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study is focused on developing an approach for spatial mapping of groundwater by
considering four types of factors (geological, topographical, hydrological, and climatic …

The Variscan belts of North-West Africa: An African legacy to the Wilson Cycle concept

A Michard, Y Driouch, YD Kuiper, R Caby… - Journal of African Earth …, 2023 - Elsevier
The concept of cyclic closure and opening of oceans along the same crustal scar was
introduced by JT Wilson (1966) based on the example of the Atlantic Ocean and its …

Late Ediacaran–Cambrian structures and their reactivation during the Variscan and Alpine cycles in the Anti-Atlas (Morocco)

A Soulaimani, A Michard, H Ouanaimi, L Baidder… - Journal of African Earth …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The post-Pan-African evolution of the northern border of the West African Craton is
largely controlled by the remobilisation of Late Neoproterozoic basement faults. The Upper …

Evidence for Late Devonian vertical movements and extensional deformation in northern Africa and Arabia: Integration in the geodynamics of the Devonian world

D Frizon de Lamotte, S Tavakoli‐Shirazi, P Leturmy… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Upper Paleozoic geodynamic evolution is discussed at the scale of a wide part
of Gondwana from North Africa to Arabia. With the aim of giving an integrated tectonic …