A newly discovered orogenic event in Morocco: Neoproterozic ages for supposed Eburnean basement of the Bou Azzer inlier, Anti-Atlas Mountains

Precambrian Research

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 65-78

  D'Lemos, R S ^a   Inglis, J D ^b   Samson, S D ^b  

^a Syracuse University ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti Atlas; Morocco; Neoproterozoic; Orogeny; Palaeoproterozoic; U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

CRUST; CRYSTALLIZATION; GRANITE; JUVENILE; PALEONTOLOGY; SHEAR ZONE;

AFRICA; ANTI-ATLAS; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 33646475106     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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