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The Plio-Pleistocene evolution of the Southern Middle Atlas Fault Zone (SMAFZ) front of Morocco
Authors:E Laville  B Delcaillau  M Charroud  O Dugué  L Ait Brahim  G Cattaneo  P Deluca  A Bouazza
Institution:1.UMR-CNRS 6143 (M2C), Université de Caen-Basse Normandie,Caen Cedex,France;2.Département de Géologie,Faculté des Sciences et Techniques,Saiss-Fès,Morocco;3.Département des Sciences de la Terre, Faculté des Sciences,Université Mohammed V,Rabat,Morocco;4.Laboratoire de Géologie,Université du Maine,Le Mans Cedex 9,France;5.Département de Géologie-Environnement,Université Fran?ois Rabelais,Tours,France;6.Centre régional de la Géologie d’Oujda,Oujda,Morocco
Abstract:The South Middle Atlas front constitutes a northeast-trending shear zone, located north of the Neogene Missour basin and east of the Taza Guercif basin. This paper analyses the Southern Middle Atlas Fault Zone (SMAFZ) deformation since the Pliocene. The set of structures observed suggests that reverse and thrust faulting along the central part of the SMAFZ are combined with left-lateral slip along N–S striking faults of its south-western termination and right-lateral faulting along E–NE striking faults of the east–northeast termination. Thrusts and oblique thrust-related anticlines of the two lateral ramps partly accommodate north-west directed motion of the African plate. The Thrusts probably resulted from rejuvenation of Jurassic normal faults; they were active during the Upper Miocene–Pliocene and the Pleistocene. The geometries of positive inversion structures and buttressing effects are clearly dependent on the geometry and sedimentology of the original basin-controlling fault system and on the presence of a décollement level. Field mapping is integrated with Landsat imagery and a digital elevation model to investigate the morphotectonic evolution of the south-eastern range front of the Middle Atlas. Geomorphological features provide significant information on the processes that govern lateral propagation of active anticlines. Both suggest that the deformation front may have been active since Pliocene.
Keywords:South Middle Atlas thrust zone  Plio-Pleistocene  Kinematics  Morphotectonics  Indenter  Morocco
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