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Preliminary airborne geophysical surveys over the Bou Azzer-El Graara inlier
(Central Anti-Atlas, Morocco): implications for geodynamic model of the
Anti-Atlas Pan-African belt

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DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-1232

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Preliminary airborne geophysical surveys over the Bou Azzer-El

Graara inlier (Central Anti-Atlas, Morocco): implications for
geodynamic model of the Anti-Atlas Pan-African belt
Saïd Ilmen1, Fouzia Anzar2, Abderrahmane Soulaimani3, Mohamed Jaffal4, Amine Bajddi2, Lhou
Maacha2, and Bouchra Baidada5
1
Polydisciplinary Faculty of Ouarzazate (Ibn Zohr University), Ouarzazate, Morocco (s.ilmen@uiz.ac.ma)
2
Managem Group, Twin Center Casablanca, Morocco
3
DLGR Laboratory, Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences-Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
4
Department of Geology Faculty of Sciences and Techniques-Guéliz, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
5
Ecole Supérieure de Technologie-Fkih Ben Salah-, Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Beni Mellal, Morocco

The Anti-Atlas orogenic belt, located at the northwestern edge of West African Craton, hosts
several Proterozoic antiformal inliers (Boutonnières) which crops out under a thick Paleozoic
Cover. In its central part, along the Anti-Atlas Major Fault, the Siroua and Bou Azzer-El Graara
inliers exhibit Neoproterozoic ophiolitic suture which subduction settings is still under debate. In
the last two decades, huge scientific publications were done in this area, mainly focused on the
structural, petrological and geochronological issues. Three broad tectonothermal events were
recognized in the Pan-African cycle. The Tonian–Cryogenian period ends with the obduction of
supra-subduction ophiolite and oceanic arc material at ca. 640 Ma. The Early Ediacaran period was
marked by the development and subsequent closure of a wide marginal basin next to a likely
Andean-type arc (Saghro Group). The Late Ediacaran period is recorded by subaerial molasse
deposits associated with post-collisional high-K calc-alkaline to shoshonitic magmatism
(Ouarzazate Group).This project aims to use the magnetic and electromagnetic data of the Bou
Azzer-El Graara inlier, and to integrate their interpretations in the geodynamic model of the Anti-
Atlas Pan-African belt. The preliminary interpretations of the available aeromagnetic data show
high-level magnetic signature at the western part of the Bou Azzer inlier, while it is missing in the
east of the CAMP Foum Zguid dyke. From the Bou Ofroukh at the western tip of the inlier to the Ait
Abdellah village, the strength of the magnetic signal is related to the wide exposure of the
ultramafic rocks along the Anti-Atlas Major Fault. A weakness of the magnetic signal is observed in
the area situated between Bou Azzer and Aghbar mines. This weakness was interpreted as being
due to the deeply buried serpentinites under the Ediacaran volcano-sedimentary sequence.
However, filed maps and magnetic signature indicate the absence of magnetic signal and the
ultramafic rocks at the eastern domain of the Bou Azzer-El Graara inlier from the Foum Zguid dyke
eastward. Several pending questions should be emphasized on the structural framework and
continuity of the Anti-Atlas Major Fault and the role played by this inherited NE-SW Fracture infilled
by Lower Liassic dolerite during the Pangea breakup.
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