CHOPIN , Francis

Structural and 40Ar/39Ar geochronological investigations of the Rehamna Massif (Meseta, Moroccan Variscan belt) provide new constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Alleghanian-Variscan orogen during the Upper Paleozoic. Three main tectonic events have been recognized: (1) Southward thrusting of an Ordovician sequence over the Proterozoic...

Metasandstones from early Cambrian to early Carboniferous stratigraphic successions were sampled in the Rehamna massif of the Western Meseta in Morocco. The early Cambrian sample shows a single Paleoproterozoic population at ca. 2 Ga suggesting a local basement source. The Ordovician sample is largely dominated by a Cryogenian-Ediacaran...

The Morocco Variscan belt is considered to be the south-western continuation of the European Carboniferous orogen on the NW Gondwana margin. The Rehamna Massif, a paleozoic massif located on the Meseta domain which is part of this belt, is affected by three main deformation events (D1, D2 and D3) of variable intensity and geometry, associated...