Structural and geochronological constraints on the evolution of the Bou Azzer Neoproterozoic ophiolite (Anti-Atlas, Morocco)

Precambrian Research

Volumn 182, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-14

  El Hadi, H ^a   Simancas, J F ^b   Martinez Poyatos D ^b   Azor, A ^b   Tahiri, A ^c   Montero, P ^b   Fanning, C M ^d   Bea, F ^b   Gonzalez Lodeiro F ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES BEN M SIK   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c Institut Scientifique   (Morocco)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anti Atlas; Bou Azzer; Neoproterozoic ophiolite; Pan African suture

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISLAND ARC; KINEMATICS; MELANGE; METAGABBRO; OPHIOLITE; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; PLUTON; PROTEROZOIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ANTI ATLAS; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; BOU AZZER; MOROCCO; SOUSS-MASSA-DRAA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 77956187038     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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