The Alpine Rif belt (Morocco): A case of mountain building in a subduction-subduction-transform fault triple junction

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 489-519

  Chalouan, A ^a   Michard, A ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Alpine belt; Betic Cordilleras; Collage; Morocco; Orogenic arc; Subduction rollback; Tectonics; Terrane; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

OROGENY; PLATE BOUNDARY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

AFRICA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; RIF;

EID: 1542318157     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-003-2460-7     Document Type: Article

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