Comment on “The Mesozoic Margin of the Maghrebian Tethys in the Rif Belt (Morocco): Evidence for Polyphase Rifting and Related Magmatic Activity” by Gimeno‐Vives et al.

A. Michard (1) , Omar Saddiqi (2) , A. Chalouan (3) , M.C. Chabou (4) , Philippe Lach (5) , P. Rossi (6) , H. Bertrand (7) , N. Youbi (8, 9)

1 UVSQ - Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
2 University Hassan II [Casablanca]
3 UM5 - Université Mohammed V de Rabat [Agdal]
4 UFAS1 - Université Ferhat-Abbas Sétif 1 [Sétif]
5 BRGM - Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM)
6 Commission de la Carte Géologique du Monde (CCGM)
7 UCBL - Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
8 UCA - Université Cadi Ayyad [Marrakech]
9 University of Lisboa

Key Points : • The main Mesorif gabbros emplaced in a Liassic oceanic domain and do not belong to the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) • CAMP dolerites may occur separately next to the oceanic gabbros in the structurally complex Mesorif zone • The prerift/synrift cover of the distal margin could have emplaced by gravity sliding onto the Mesorif oceanic crust

Domains: Earth Sciences

A. Michard, Omar Saddiqi, A. Chalouan, M.C. Chabou, Philippe Lach, et al.. Comment on “The Mesozoic Margin of the Maghrebian Tethys in the Rif Belt (Morocco): Evidence for Polyphase Rifting and Related Magmatic Activity” by Gimeno‐Vives et al.. Tectonics, 2020, 39 (4), ⟨10.1029/2019tc006004⟩. ⟨hal-03736336⟩