ARRANGEMENT AND GEOMETRY OF FOLDS IN THE SOUTHERN-CENTRAL ATLAS OF TUNISIA - CUTTING UP AND SHEARING ON TECTONIC STRIPS

Authors
BOUTIB L ZARGOUNI F
Citation
L. Boutib et F. Zargouni, ARRANGEMENT AND GEOMETRY OF FOLDS IN THE SOUTHERN-CENTRAL ATLAS OF TUNISIA - CUTTING UP AND SHEARING ON TECTONIC STRIPS, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes, 326(4), 1998, pp. 261-265
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes → ACNP
ISSN journal
12518050
Volume
326
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
261 - 265
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8050(1998)326:4<261:AAGOFI>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
In the southern-central Atlas of Tunisia, the anticlines megastructure s show a fold bundle organisation; frequently arranged on right relay and in elementary scale, they show torsion and simple or multiple virg ations. This geometrical evolution indicates a cutting up on tectonic strips on dextral shears; limited by two great corridors of dextral st rike-slip faults: N90 of Kasserine and N120-130 of Gafsa. (C) Academie des sciences/Elsevier, Paris.