Foreland basin magmatism in the Western Moroccan Meseta and geodynamic inferences

Tectonics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 7-1-7-23

  Roddaz, Martin ^a   Brusset, Stéphane ^a   Soula, Jean Claude ^a   Béziat, Didier ^a   Abbou, Mohamed Ben ^b   Debat, Pierre ^a   Driouch, Youssef ^b   Christophoul, Frédéric ^a   Ntarmouchant, Ahmed ^b   Déramond, Joachim ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Calc alkaline; Continental subduction; Hercynian; Mafic sill; Magmatism; Moroccan Meseta; Pillow lava basalts; Retroforeland basin

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; FLYSCH; FORELAND BASIN; GEODYNAMICS; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; MAGMATISM; PILLOW LAVA; SUBDUCTION;

MESETA; MOROCCO;

EID: 0036823262     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001TC901029     Document Type: Article

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