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Deciphering the Cenozoic detrital record of the External Rif Belt (Northern Morocco): insights for the evolution of the NW African Margin
This study investigates the Cenozoic geodynamic, palaeogeographic, and palaeoclimatic evolution of the Moroccan NW African Margin through petrographic analysis of 18 stratigraphic sections across the Maghrebian Flysch Basin and the External Rif Zone. Detrital samples (comprising arenites and microconglomerates) are classified as quartzarenites, sublitharenites, and litharenites. These rocks are dominated [...]