Datation 40Ar/39Ar de la province magmatique de lAtlantique central dans le Sud-Ouest algérien

Comptes Rendus Géoscience, v. 339, n. 16, p. 970978, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crte.2007.09.011International audienc

40Ar/39Ar dating of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) in southwestern Algeria.

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Comment on “The Mesozoic Margin of the Maghrebian Tethys in the Rif Belt (Morocco): Evidence for Polyphase Rifting and Related Magmatic Activity” by Gimeno‐Vives et al.

International audienceKey Points : • The main Mesorif gabbros emplaced in a Liassic oceanic domain and do not belong to the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) • CAMP dolerites may occur separately next to the oceanic gabbros in the structurally complex Mesorif zone • The prerift/synrift cover of the distal margin could have emplaced by gravity sliding onto the Mesorif oceanic crus