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Regional Trends in the Geology of the Appalachian-Caledonian-Hercynian-Mauritanide Orogen pp 347–353Cite as

Structure of the Mauritanides

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The polyphase Mauritanide belt has been gradually developed from south to north during three major orogenic events, Panafrican, Taconian and Early Hercynian. The present aspect of the belt is due to superposition of Hercynian elements (internal nappes) on both Taconian and Panafrican elements (external nappes). These nappes cover the northern two-thirds of the belt and overthrust the West African shield and its Upper Proterozoic to Palaeozoic cover to the east. Taconian and Panafrican elements in parautochthonous, locally allochthonous position occupy the southern third of the belt. A discussion of the arguments for the present interpretation emphasizes the problems being solved.

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  1. Faculte des Sciences St-Jerome, LA CNRS no°132 “Etudes geologiques ouest-africaines”, 13397, Marseille Cedex 13, France

    Jean-Paul Lecorche

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  1. Department of Geology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Paul E. Schenk

  2. Geological Survey of Canada, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

    R. T. Haworth

  3. Nova Scotia Department of Mines and Energy, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    J. D. Keppie

  4. Department of Geology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    W. E. Trzcienski

  5. Department of Geology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

    P. F. Williams

  6. Department of Geology, University of Keele, Keele, England

    G. Kelling

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Lecorche, JP. (1983). Structure of the Mauritanides. In: Schenk, P.E., Haworth, R.T., Keppie, J.D., Trzcienski, W.E., Williams, P.F., Kelling, G. (eds) Regional Trends in the Geology of the Appalachian-Caledonian-Hercynian-Mauritanide Orogen. NATO ASI Series, vol 116. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7239-1_33

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