Alpine Phase Inversion of syn-rift structures and formation of new thrusts
Upper
Oligocene
23.7 Ma 65 Ma
Triassic
Miocene
Senonian
Gas Field
Rhaetian
Pliocene
Silurian Devon. Carboniferous
Country Border
Era / Period / Epoch / Stage Quaternary-Recent
Cambrian
Fault Normal earthquake
0°
Precambrian
Syncline Thrust earthquake
5°
Tin Fouye Tabankort
Tertiary
Anticline
Al Wafa
ge
Paleogene Neogene
Strike-Slip earthquake
Ghadames Basin
Khechba
Lower
10°
Rid
Upper
Tindouf Basin
ga rta
Cretaceous
Tarhjicht
Rhourde El Krouf
Brides
Rhourde Nouss
Ou
Libya
Nezla
h l Arc
ss Sou
n
i Ant
Hassi Messaoud
Hass
Agadir
i B as
Tunisia
Dhjorf Beletaief
s A tl a
El Biban
Touggourt
Hassi R'Mel
Miskar
Sillon Des Chotts
B
n
Basin
Tozeur Chott El Jerid
Ashtart
El Oued
Haoud Berkaoui
te zaza Ouar
Melrhir Trough
Midelt
n asi zB
Sfax
Gulf of Gabes
Ras Toumb
Figuig
Essaouira
Rhemoura Mahares
iM
Safi
a si la B Tad
Sahel
Gafsa
o gh La
Missour Basin
Mah Sidi El Kilani
Sidi El Itayem
Djebel Onk
Ha ss
M
Boujad
Birsa
Sidi Behara
te
Djebel Haricha
Khenifra
Tamesmida
au
Casablanca
o c oc Meseta r o
Semmama
n
Ksiri
Oued Mellah
Maamoura
Cosmos
Mo sta g
O
Rabat
Tazerka
Yasmin
Gulf of Hammamet
Sidi-Bel Abbes
Bou Draa
Cap Bon
Constantine
Tanger
Sidi Fili
Cap Bon
Tunis
Bejaia
Blida
Alboran Sea
Rharb Basin
ba
lt
Malaga
lm er ia
na An
NOSA Fold Be
A
Al
Gulf of Tunis
idg e
Betic
35°
Bizerte
Granada ge
Cadiz
Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Cartagena Aguilas
Sk i
Spain
Sevilla
5°
10° Tectonic Map of the Atlas Mountains North Africa Weldon Beauchamp* and Muawia Barazangi Institute for the Study of the Continents Cornell University *Currently at Atlas Exploration and Production LLC ã 1998 Weldon Harold Beauchamp
