Structural style and evolution of a late Triassic rift basin in the Central High Atlas, Morocco: Controls on sediment deposition

Geological Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 677-691

  Baudon, Catherine ^a   Fabuel Perez, Ivan ^a   Redfern, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climatic influence; Fluvial sandstone; Late Triassic; Morocco; Structural evolution

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; BRECCIA; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DEPOSITION; FAULT GEOMETRY; GEODYNAMICS; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; NORMAL FAULT; OUTCROP; RIFTING; SANDSTONE; TRIASSIC; UPLIFT;

AFRICA; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; HIGH ATLAS; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; TADLA-AZILAL;

EID: 71749091201     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1195     Document Type: Article

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