The Tell-Rif orogenic system (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia) and the structural heritage of the southern Tethys margin

R Leprêtre, D Frizon de Lamotte… - BSGF-Earth …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Tell-Rif (Tell in Algeria and Tunisia; Rif in Morocco) is the orogenic system fringing to
the south the West Mediterranean basins. This system comprises three major tectonic …

Kinematics of the Western Africa-Eurasia plate boundary from focal mechanisms and GPS data

E Serpelloni, G Vannucci, S Pondrelli… - Geophysical Journal …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Summary The Western Mediterranean displays a complex pattern of crustal deformation
distributed along tectonically active belts developed in the framework of slow oblique plate …

The rif belt

A Chalouan, A Michard, KE Kadiri, F Negro… - … evolution: the geology …, 2008 - Springer
The Rif Belt belongs to a much larger orogen, ie the Betic-Rif-Tell orogen, which itself is part
of the still larger Mediterranean Alpine belts (Fig. 5.1; see also Chap. 1.1, Fig. 1.2). The Rif …

Active deformation in Algeria from continuous GPS measurements

A Bougrine, AK Yelles-Chaouche… - Geophysical Journal …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The present-day kinematics of plate boundary deformation in the western Mediterranean is
now well described by space geodetic measurements, except for the Algeria–Tunisia part of …

Active tectonics and seismic hazard in the Tell Atlas (Northern Algeria): a review

S Maouche, Y Bouhadad, A Harbi, Y Rouchiche… - The Geology of the Arab …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The Tell Atlas of Algeria, which experienced several destructive earthquakes in the
past, is among the most seismic active zones in the western Mediterranean. The seismicity is …

Earthquake‐generated tsunamis in the Mediterranean Sea: Scenarios of potential threats to southern Italy

S Lorito, MM Tiberti, R Basili… - Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
We calculated the impact on Southern Italy of a large set of tsunamis resulting from
earthquakes generated by major fault zones of the Mediterranean Sea. Our approach …

Recent tectonic reorganization of the Nubia-Eurasia convergent boundary heading for the closure of the western Mediterranean

A Billi, C Faccenna, O Bellier… - Bulletin de la …, 2011 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
In the western Mediterranean area, after a long period (late Paleogene-Neogene) of Nubian
(W-Africa) northward subduction beneath Eurasia, subduction has almost ceased, as well as …

Beginning of the Apennine subduction system in central western Mediterranean: Constraints from Cenozoic “orogenic” magmatic activity of Sardinia, Italy

M Lustrino, V Morra, L Fedele, L Franciosi - Tectonics, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Major and trace element analyses plus six new 40Ar/39Ar data obtained on feldspar
separates for selected igneous rocks belonging to the Oligo‐Miocene igneous activity of …

Recent and active deformation pattern off the easternmost Algerian margin, Western Mediterranean Sea: New evidence for contractional tectonic reactivation

A Kherroubi, J Déverchère, A Yelles, BM De Lépinay… - Marine Geology, 2009 - Elsevier
We describe for the first time a set of large active thrusts and folds near the foot of the
easternmost Algerian margin, Western Mediterranean, from swath bathymetry and high …

Hydrochemical and geological controls on dissolved radium and radon in northwestern Algeria hydrothermal groundwaters

Y Zemour, N Mebrouk, A Mayer, I Mekebret, MI Sherif - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
This study presents the results of the first investigation on natural occurrence of radium and
radon in Algerian thermal water systems. Activity concentrations of Rn and Ra isotopes were …