Geodynamic evolution of the northwestern Paleo-Gondwanan margin in the Moroccan Atlas at the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 423, Issue , 2007, Pages 27-60

  Pouclet, Andre ^a   Aarab, Abdellatif ^b   Fekkak, Abdelilah ^c   Benharref, Mohammed ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY IN RABAT   (Morocco)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^d CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Atlas; Continental tholeiite; Early Cambrian; Paleo Gondwana; Passive margin

Indexed keywords

BASALT; MELTING; PILES; SILICATE MINERALS; VOLCANOES;

ATLAS; EARLY CAMBRIANS; PALEO-GONDWANA; PASSIVE MARGIN; THOLEIITE;

GEODYNAMICS;

ATLAS; BASIN; CAMBRIAN; CONTINENTAL CRUST; EDIACARAN; LHERZOLITE; MANTLE; MELTING; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; OLIVINE; PASSIVE MARGIN; PRECAMBRIAN-CAMBRIAN BOUNDARY; THOLEIITE; TRANSGRESSION; VOLCANO;

ANTI ATLAS; ATLAS MOUNTAINS;

EID: 75749112965     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2423(02)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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