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Pre-Conference Field Trips
A1
Oct. 22
 Variscan Basement of the Jebilet Massif of SW Meseta:

Stratigraphy, folding, thrust emplacement, HT-LP metamorphism, bimodal magmatism and FeS mineralization of the Meseta Devonian-Carboniferous Basin.

A2   
Oct. 23
 Variscan Basement and Permian to Cenozoic series of the Rehamna Massif of SW Meseta:

High-grade metamorphism and granite emplacement in the West Meseta Shear Zone, Permian tilted red beds, Infra-Cenomanian red beds, Cenomanian-Turonian onlap, Maastrichtian-Eocene phosphate series.

A3
Oct. 24
 Marrakech High Atlas:

Cross-section of the Atlas Belt in its highest transect from the northern “foredeep”, to the Mesozoic-Cenozoic Subatlas Zone, and to the uplifted Precambrian basement of the crest zone, with emphasis on structural and geophysical issues.

A4
Oct. 22-23-24
 Western High Atlas, the deformed Atlantic margin in the Agadir-Essaouira Basin:

Late Permian-Early Liassic syn-rift series, Jurassic to Cenozoic post-rift series, with emphasis on Cretaceous deposits and salt tectonics.

A5
Oct. 22-24
 Central High Atlas, the inverted Tethyan Gulf:

Stratigraphy and structure of the northern Central High Atlas, from Triassic rifting to Cenozoic inversion, with emphasis on the Jurassic evolution.

A6
Oct. 22-24
 Central and Western Meseta:

Stratigraphy and structure of the Variscan Central Massif, with emphasis on the Devonian and Carboniferous carbonates and Permian clastics as potential reservoirs in the Meseta domain.

A7
Oct. 19-23
 Middle Atlas: A case study of intraplate fold belt:

heterogeneous Hercynian basement, Triassic rifting, Jurassic evolution and closure of the Middle Atlas Tethyan Gulf, Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous red beds, Atlantic Cretaceous-Eocene onlap, polyphase tectonic inversion, recent volcanism.

Post-Conference Field Trips
B1
Oct. 29- Nov. 3
A classic route, the High Atlas and Anti-Atlas eastern loop:

Cross-section of the Marrakech High Atlas from the North Subatlas Zone to the South Subatlas Zone; Ouarzazate loop into the Precambrian basement, with insight on the Pan-African belt and its Paleoproterozoic basement; Paleozoic stratigraphy and structure of the Anti-Atlas Variscan foreland; Devonian mud mounds of the Sub-Saharan domain; Mesozoic-Cenozoic stratigraphy and structure of the inverted Tethyan Gulf in Eastern High Atlas; Triassic rifting and CAMP event in Central High Atlas and Middle Atlas.

B2
Oct. 29- Nov. 3
A customized route, the High Atlas and Anti-Atlas western loop:

Western High Atlas traverse through the Permian-Triassic syn-rift basin; Precambrian basement and Pan-African orogeny in Western Anti-Atlas (Kerdous antiform); Late Neoproterozoic rifting of the Gondwana margin; Paleozoic stratigraphy of the West African Craton (WAC) margin; Variscan foreland deformation with emphasis on fracturation, egg-box structures and disharmonic folds as potential reservoir structures; High Atlas traverse along the Tizi n’Test Lineament.

B3
Oct. 29- Nov. 4
Structure and evolution of the southern limb of the Gibraltar Arc:

Gharb foredeep; active tectonics of the Prerif Ridges; Rif External Zones, the inverted North African passive margin; MP-LT metamorphism and structural record of oblique collision in the Eastern Rif; Cretaceous-Tertiary turbidites of the Maghrebian Flysch nappes; Variscan basement and passive margin series of the Internal Zone allochthons (Alboran Terrane); giant mantle peridotite sliver (Beni Bousera); HP-LT metamorphism, exhumation tectonics and HT metamorphism; late orogenic collapse and magmatism.

B4
Oct. 28- Nov. 3
Atlantic margin of the Saharan Provinces:

West fringe of the Reguibat Shield (Eburnian and Archean); Mauritanide nappes of the Adrar Souttouf Massif thrust onto the West African Craton (WAC); Paleozoic and Mesozoic-Cenozoic cover sequences of the WAC; Cretaceous black shales; Bou Kra phosphate mine.


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