Magnetostratigraphy of the ouarzazate basin: Implications for the timing of deformation and mountain building in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco

Geodinamica Acta

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 151-165

  Tesón, Eliseo ^a   Pueyo, Emilio L ^b   Teixell, Antonio ^a   Barnolas, Antonio ^b   Agustí, Jordi ^c   Furió, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eocene; High atlas; Magnetostratigraphy; Miocene; Morocco; Thrusting; Uplift

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EOCENE; FORELAND BASIN; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; OROGENY; PALEOMAGNETISM; THRUST; UPLIFT;

ATLAS MOUNTAINS; HIGH ATLAS; MOROCCO; OUARZAZATE; SOUSS-MASSA-DRAA;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79951593796     PISSN: 09853111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3166/ga.23.151-165     Document Type: Article

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