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This work summarizes the lithostratigraphic and palaeogeodynamic data of the Lower and Middle Jurassic margin of the Tethys Maghreb (Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia). Comparative analysis of these successions conducted thus far has allowed us to establish correlations, and to propose a geodynamic evolution of this margin for the Early and Middle Jurassic, which can be summarized as follows: (1) construction and development of a Liassic carbonate platform (early and middle Lias); (2) individualization and compartmentalization of basins (Pliensbachian–early Toarcian); (3) filling of basins (late Lias–Bajocian); and (4) senescence of basins (Bathonian–Callovian).
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Sadki, D., Marok, A., Soussi, M. (2014). The Lower and Middle Jurassic of the Western Mediterranean Tethys (Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia). In: Rocha, R., Pais, J., Kullberg, J., Finney, S. (eds) STRATI 2013. Springer Geology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04364-7_132
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