کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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4723599 | 1639661 | 2012 | 7 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
This work reports for the first time evidence for an Ediacaran glaciation in Morocco on the West African Craton that we have named the Bou-Azzer glaciation. It is represented by glacially eroded surfaces and sedimentary features observed in Precambrian outcrops in two inliers of the Anti-Atlas Belt. The commonly accepted stratigraphic framework constrains the glacially eroded surfaces to post-date a regionally defined D2 deformational age known to be between 605 and 595 Ma. A minimum age for the glaciation is less certain but likely pre-dates the end of Ouarzazate Group deposition at 560 Ma. This age range permits two possible correlations to glacial events known from elsewhere: the Bou-Azzer glaciation could be equivalent to the Gaskiers glaciation (∼580 Ma), which has not been recognised previously in the West African Craton, or it could be a late Ediacaran glaciation (∼560 Ma), which has been suspected in different places on the Craton.
► Glacially eroded surface presents berms and furrows in Irghem inlier.
► In Ingoum-sud, the surface presents crescent structures and grooves.
► The Bou-Azzer glaciation is Ediacaran in age time-equivalent to Gaskiers glaciation or younger around 560 Ma.
Journal: Precambrian Research - Volumes 196–197, February 2012, Pages 106–112