The Sinemurian carbonate mud-mounds from central High Atlas (Morocco): Stratigraphy, geometry, sedimentology and geodynamic patterns

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 3-5, 2004, Pages 337-346

  Chafiki, Driss ^a   Canérot, Joseph ^b   Souhel, Abdellatif ^c   Hariri, Khadija El ^a   Eddine, Kamal Taj ^d  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES GUÉLIZ   (Morocco)

^b UMR 7327   (France)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^d CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Central High Atlas; Geodynamic; Morocco; Mud mounds; Sedimentology; Sinemurian; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

MUD MOUND; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SINEMURIAN; STROMATOLITE;

AFRICA; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; HIGH ATLAS; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 8744288633     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2004.07.063     Document Type: Article

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