Emplacement of ellipsoid-shaped (diapiric?) granite: Structural and gravimetric analysis of the Oulmès granite (Variscan Meseta, Morocco)

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 301-313

  Tahiri, Abdelfatah ^a   Simancas, J Fernando ^b   Azor, Antonio ^b   Galindo Zaldívar, Jesús ^b   González Lodeiro, Francisco ^b   El Hadi, Hassan ^c   Martínez Poyatos, David ^b   Ruiz Constán, Ana ^b  

^a Institut Scientifique   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c Faculty of Science   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Diapirism; Granite emplacement; Gravimetry; Morocco; Variscan orogen

Indexed keywords

DIAPIRISM; EMPLACEMENT; GRANITE; GRAVIMETRY; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; HOST ROCK; LEUCOGRANITE; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; MUSCOVITE; ORDOVICIAN; P-T CONDITIONS;

AFRICA; CHAOUIA-OUARDIGHA; MESETA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 34547140710     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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