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JURSSIC STRUCTURAL STEPS OF THE CENTRAL HIGH ATLAS (MOROCCO).

EXAMPLE OF THE MIDELT-ERRACHIDIA TRANSVERSE SECTION

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JURSSIC STRUCTURAL STEPS OF THE
CENTRAL HIGH ATLAS (MOROCCO). EXAMPLE
OF THE MIDELT-ERRACHIDIA TRANSVERSE
SECTION

Abstract
JURSSIC STRUCTURAL STEPS OF THE CENTRAL HIGH ATLAS (MOROCCO). EXAMPLE OF THE
MIDELT-ERRACHIDIA TRANSVERSE SECTION

IBOUH H.¹, CHAFIKI D.¹

¹: Cadi Ayyad Univ., Laboratory of Geosciences and environment, Faculty of Sciences and
Techniques, Marrakesh (Morocco), h.ibouh@uca.ma

The Midelt-Errachidia section is located in the eastern part of the Central High Atlas. It corresponds
to an accessible and studied N-S transverse.
The detailed study of the synsedimentary structures, Lower and Middle Jurassic in age, shows four
tectonic steps which control the basin evolution before the compression phase leading to the
creation of the present central atlasic belt.

Sinemurian: the carbonate platform settles up involving distension and flexures along the main
faults. The resulting arch bends are covered with building organisms as sponges which form
carbonate mounds. During the Upper Sinemurian, the persisting distension movement leads to
break down, block tilting along the N70 and E-W oriented faults and halokenitic rise of Triassic
series inducing collapse and relative deepening of the platform. This step is earlier and mainly
recorded in the southern part of the section.

Carixian-Domerian: Distension inducing middle-sized deformation leads to synsedimentary normal

faulting and slumping processes. The collapsed Sinemurian platform is converted into a deep
atlasic subsiding trough. Distension is mainly present in the northern.

Upper Domerian: to Lower Toarcian boundary. A very important regional extension motion leads to
the paroxysmal breakup of the Liassic platform and to the general collapse of the atlasic trough.

Aalenian-Bajocian: This step is characterized by a N120 to N160 oriented distension locally

associated with a synsedimentary, horizontal, NW-SE oriented compression. This association is
related to a sinistral strike slip movement along the main faults oriented N70 to E-W. The
compression process is the first one within the Jurassic sedimentary record. It corresponds
 probably to the transition period between the opening/filling up and the closure stages of the
central High Atlas basin and records the first small events related to tectonic inversion in the
Midelt-Errachidia section.

The post-Jurassic atlasic compression phases are locally represented by structures related to
compression oriented NW-SE, N-S or NE-SW. This compression induces really the geometry of the
main megastructures oriented N70 to E-W. This organization is closely linked to a coating tectonics
related to interaction between the sedimentary cover and basement.

Authors
1. Hassan Ibouh (Cadi Ayyad Univ. Marrakesh, Morocco)
2. Driss Chafiki (Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakech)

Topic Areas
Topics: Carbonate platforms and reef , Topics: Sedimentary signatures of global changes , Topics:
The frontiers of sedimentology

Session
PS15 » Carbonate platform and reef - Poster Session (09:00 - Monday, 23rd May)

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