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    Caractérisation physico-chimique des argiles fibreuses de « Souk el Arbaa » du Gharb, Maroc

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    Le prĂ©sent travail s’intĂ©resse Ă  l’étude de la qualitĂ© industrielle des argiles fibreuses de ‘Souk El Arbaa’ du Gharb appartenant Ă  l’étage gĂ©ologique EocĂšne-MiocĂšne. Cette Ă©tude a rĂ©vĂ©lĂ© Ă  travers l’analyse d’une vingtaine d’échantillons, prĂ©levĂ©s sur des niveaux marneux variĂ©s, par spectromĂ©trie Ă  fluorescence X une carence en fer, une richesse en CaO, des taux plus ou moins Ă©levĂ©s en Al2O3. La diffractomĂ©trie aux rayons X a permis de mettre en Ă©vidence une composition minĂ©ralogique assez variĂ©e dans les diffĂ©rents Ă©chantillons analysĂ©es, dominĂ©e par la prĂ©sence de paragenĂšses minĂ©ralogiques composĂ©es de calcite, dolomite, quartz, sĂ©piolite et attapulgite (argiles fibreuses). Ainsi, le chimisme des Ă©chantillons analysĂ©s indique d’une façon inĂ©luctable que les argiles de ‘Souk El Arbaa’ du Gharb nĂ©cessitent un traitement afin de les rendre exploitables pour la production de cĂ©ramique d’excellente qualitĂ©.Mots-clĂ©s : qualitĂ© industrielle, argiles fibreuses, EocĂšne-MiocĂšne, cĂ©ramique, Maroc

    Diagenetic evolution of lower Jurassic platform carbonates flanking the Tazoult salt wall (Central High Atlas, Morocco)

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    Platform carbonates diagenesis in salt basins could be complex due to potential alterations of fluids related and non‐related to diapirism. This paper presents the diagenetic history of the Hettangian to Pliensbachian platform carbonates from the Tazoult salt wall area (central High Atlas, Morocco). Low structural relief and outcrop conditions allowed to define the entire diagenetic evolution occurred in the High Atlas diapiric basins since early stages of the diapiric activity up to their tectonic inversion. Precipitation of dolomite and calcite from both warmed marine‐derived and meteoric fluids characterised diagenetic stages during Pliensbachian, when the carbonate platforms were exposed and karstified. Burial diagenesis occurred from Toarcian to Middle Jurassic, due to changes of salt‐induced dynamic related to increase in siliciclastic input, fast diapir rise and rapid burial of Pliensbachian platforms. During this stage, the diapir acted as a physical barrier for fluid circulation between the core and the flanking sediments. In the carbonates and breccias flanking the structures, dolomite and calcite precipitated from basinal brines, whereas carbonate slivers located in the core of the structure, were affected by the circulation of Mn‐rich fluids. The final diagenetic event is characterised by the income of meteoric fluids into the system during uplift caused by Alpine orogeny. These results highlight the relevant influence of diapirism on the diagenetic modifications in salt‐related basins in terms of diagenetic events and involved fluids
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