N120 degrees paleo-transfer fault in the Moroccan High Atlas

Authors
Benammi, M El Kochri, A
Citation
M. Benammi et A. El Kochri, N120 degrees paleo-transfer fault in the Moroccan High Atlas, CR AC S IIA, 327(12), 1998, pp. 845-850
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Earth Sciences
Journal title
COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES SERIE II FASCICULE A-SCIENCES DELA TERRE ET DES PLANETES
ISSN journal
12518050 → ACNP
Volume
327
Issue
12
Year of publication
1998
Pages
845 - 850
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8050(199812)327:12<845:NDPFIT>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The object of this paper is mainly the brittle tectonic analysis of the N12 0 degrees Bertat fault zone. Our investigations show that the Bertat fault acted as a. dip-slip normal fault during the Triassic-Liassic submeridian e xtensional episode. In Middle: Jurassic times, when the extensional trend w as WNM-ESE to NW-SE, the Bertat fault acted as a transfer left-lateral stri ke-slip fault. Finally, it was reactivated as a right-lateral strike-slip f ault during the Cenozoic compressional phase which was oriented north-south to NW-SE. ((C) Academie des sciences/Elsevier., Paris.).