Syn-to post-rift diapirism and minibasins of the Central High Atlas (Morocco): the changing face of a mountain belt

E Saura, J Vergés, JD Martín-Martín… - Journal of the …, 2014 - lyellcollection.org
The Atlas Mountains are classically regarded as a failed Mesozoic rift arm subject to Alpine
inversion, folding and thrusting. Here, we present new integrated structural and …

Diapiric growth within an Early Jurassic rift basin: The Tazoult salt wall (central High Atlas, Morocco)

JD Martín‐Martín, J Vergés, E Saura, M Moragas… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The central High Atlas (Morocco) constitutes a diapiric province that hosts a
complex array of elongated diapirs and minibasins that formed during the Lower Jurassic rift …

Aptian− Albian extension in Tethyan rifted continental passive margin of Tunisia inferred from sequential restorations of balanced cross-sections and expansion index

M Gharbi, D Boote, NS Aich, MSH Moustafa… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
This article presents an overview of regional extensional deformation across the north-facing
southern Tethyan continental passive margin of Tunisia during the Aptian and Albian syn-rift …

New tectono-sedimentary evidences for Aptian to Santonian extension of the Cretaceous rifting in the Northern Chotts range (Southern Tunisia)

M Gharbi, A Masrouhi, N Espurt, O Bellier… - Journal of African Earth …, 2013 - Elsevier
Based on new structural, sedimentary, stratigraphic and seismic reflection data from
Cretaceous sequences of the Zemlet el Beidha anticline of the northern Chotts range (South …

The Southern Atlas Front in Tunisia and its foreland basin: Structural style and regional-scale deformation

A Masrouhi, M Gharbi, O Bellier, MB Youssef - Tectonophysics, 2019 - Elsevier
Surface and subsurface data together with balanced cross-sections are used to emphasize
the structural style and regional-scale deformation of the Southern Atlas Front in Tunisia and …

Style of Atlassic tectonic deformation and geodynamic evolution of the southern Tethyan margin, Tunisia

M Gharbi, N Espurt, A Masrouhi, O Bellier… - Marine and petroleum …, 2015 - Elsevier
The structure of the southern Atlas fold-and-thrust belt of Tunisia was investigated using new
geologic mapping, seismic reflection data together with the construction of a balanced cross …

Analogue modelling of a salt ridge growth in M'Rhila-Labaied-Trozza fault relay zone, central Tunisia

R Zidi, N Sebai, BC Vendeville, O Ferrer… - Journal of Structural …, 2024 - Elsevier
Tunisia, located in the Northern African margin, was subjected to Late Permian-Early
Cretaceous N–S extension subsequent to Pangea breakup and leading to the Tethyan …

Geometry and structural evolution of Lorbeus diapir, northwestern Tunisia: polyphase diapirism of the North African inverted passive margin

A Masrouhi, O Bellier, H Koyi - International journal of earth sciences, 2014 - Springer
Detailed geologic mapping, structural analysis, field cross-sections, new dating based on
planktonic foraminifera, in addition to gravity signature of Lorbeus diapir, are used to …

Regional-residual separation of potential field: an example from Tunisia

H Gabtni, C Jallouli - Journal of Applied Geophysics, 2017 - Elsevier
We present a regional-residual separation procedure for potential field data (gravity or
magnetic) based on the integration of least-squares polynomial, power density spectrum …

The evolution of the Lansarine–Baouala salt canopy in the North African Cretaceous passive margin in Tunisia

A Masrouhi, O Bellier, H Koyi, JM Vila… - Geological …, 2013 - cambridge.org
Detailed geological mapping, dating, and gravimetric and seismic data are used to interpret
the Lansarine–Baouala salt structure (North Tunisia) as a salt canopy emplaced during the …