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Neogene deformation in northern Tunisia; origin of the eastern Atlas by microplate-continental margin collision
C. R. Cohen, S. Schamel and P. Boyd-Kaygi
Neogene deformation in northern Tunisia; origin of the eastern Atlas by microplate-continental margin collision
Geological Society of America Bulletin (April 1980) 91 (4): 225-237
Neogene deformation in northern Tunisia; origin of the eastern Atlas by microplate-continental margin collision
Geological Society of America Bulletin (April 1980) 91 (4): 225-237
Index Terms/Descriptors
- Africa
- Atlas Mountains
- Cenozoic
- collision
- continental margin
- displacements
- evolution
- extension
- faults
- fold axes
- folds
- interference patterns
- interpretation
- Mediterranean region
- microplates
- Miocene
- Neogene
- normal faults
- North Africa
- plate tectonics
- shear zones
- slickensides
- structural analysis
- structural geology
- structure
- tectonics
- tectonophysics
- Tertiary
- thrust faults
- Tunisia
- Hedil
Latitude & Longitude
ISSN: 0016-7606
EISSN: 1943-2674
Coden: BUGMAF
Serial Title: Geological Society of America Bulletin
Serial Volume: 91
Serial Issue: 4
Title: Neogene deformation in northern Tunisia; origin of the eastern Atlas by microplate-continental margin collision
Affiliation: Lamont-Doherty Geol. Obs.,
Palisades, N.Y.,
United States
Pages: 225-237
Published: 198004
Text Language: English
Publisher: Geological Society of America (GSA),
Boulder, CO,
United States
References: 42
Accession Number: 1980-026550
Categories: Solid-earth geophysics
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Annotation: Lamont-Doherty Geol. Obs.; Contrib. No. 2879
Illustration Description: illus. incl. sects., geol. sketch map
N36°45'00" - N37°04'60", E09°19'60" - E09°40'00"
Secondary Affiliation: Va. Polytech. Inst. and State Univ.,
USA,
United States
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2019, American Geosciences Institute.
Update Code: 1980
