Geochronological constraints on the polycyclic magmatism in the Bou Azzer-El Graara inlier (Central Anti-Atlas Morocco)

During Ediacaran times, the Bou Azzer-El Graara inlier is characterized with the development of a continental volcanic arc between 630 and 580 Ma (Bou Lbarod Group, 625 ± 8 Ma; Bleïda granodiorite, 586 ± 15 Ma), and strike-slip pull-apart basins (Tiddiline Group, 606 ± 4 Ma and 606 ± 5 Ma). These volcanic and sedimentary Lower Ediacaran sequences are deformed before the felsic pyroclastic deposits of the Ouarzazate Group (567 ± 5 Ma and 566 ± 4 Ma). Finally, the Ouarzazate Group is overlain by early Cambrian volcanic deposits of the Jbel Boho Formation (541 ± 6 Ma).