Continental Evolution: The Geology of Morocco Structure, Stratigraphy, and Tectonics of the Africa-Atlantic-Mediterranean Triple Junction /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Michard, André (Editor), Saddiqi, Omar (Editor), Chalouan, Ahmed (Editor), Lamotte, Dominique Frizon de (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, 116
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Structural geology.; Sedimentology.; Earth Sciences.; Structural Geology.

Morocco is one of the most fascinating lands in the world from the point of view of its geological structure and evolution. Our knowledge on the geology of the country has been greatly improved during the last decades, based on numerous seismic profiles and boreholes, seismological analysis of focal...

Table of Contents:

• An Outline of the Geology of Morocco
• The Pan-African Belt
• The Variscan Belt
• The Atlas System
• The Rif Belt
• Atlantic Basins
• The Cretaceous-Tertiary Plateaus
• The Quaternary Deposits of Morocco
• Major Steps in the Geological Discovery of Morocco
• Conclusion: Continental Evolution in Western Maghreb.