Title of article
Searching for the Africa–Eurasia Miocene boundary offshore western Algeria (MARADJAʹ03 cruise)
Author/Authors
Domzig، نويسنده , , Anne and Yelles، نويسنده , , Karim and Le Roy، نويسنده , , Charlotte and Déverchère، نويسنده , , Jacques and Bouillin، نويسنده , , Jean-Pierre and Bracène، نويسنده , , Rabah and Mercier de Lépinay، نويسنده , , Bernard and Le Roy، نويسنده , , Pascal and Calais، نويسنده , , Eric and Kherroubi، نويسنده , , Abdelaziz and Gaullier، نويسنده , , Virginie and Savoye، نويسنده , , Bruno، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
Pages
12
From page
80
To page
91
Abstract
We present new results from the MARADJAʹ03 cruise depicting the geological structures offshore central and western Algeria. Using swath bathymetry and seismic reflection data, we map and discuss the offshore limits of the Internal Zones corresponding to relics of the AlKaPeCa domain that drifted and collided the African plate during the Miocene. We identify large reverse faults and folds that reactivate part of these limits and are still active today. The morphology of the westernmost NE–SW margin suggests a former strike-slip activity accommodating a westward block translation responsible for the shift of the Internal Zones towards the Moroccan Rif. To cite this article: A. Domzig et al., C. R. Geoscience 338 (2006).
Keywords
neotectonics , seismic reflection , swath bathymetry , Algerian margin , sismique réflexion , néotectonique , Internal Zones , Tectonic evolution of the Mediterranean , Marge Algérienne , Zones Internes , ةvolution tectonique du Bassin méditerranéen , Bathymétrie multifaisceau
Journal title
Comptes Rendus Geoscience
Serial Year
2006
Journal title
Comptes Rendus Geoscience
Record number
2280482
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