Strike-slip faults in the Moroccan Rif: Their geophysical signatures and hydrocarbon potential
- Jobidon (Guy P.), Calgary, Alberta (Canada)
- ONAREP, Rabat (Morocco)
The Rif Domain in Northern Morocco includes major movements along left-lateral strike-slips faults that created various structures and influenced depositional systems. The major ones are the Jebha fault in the Rif`s northwest area, and the Nekkor fault that extends southwesterly from the Mediterranean sea toward the Meseta. Although identified by surface geology in the east, the western extent of the faults is ambiguous. Detail interpretation of gravity and magnetic maps provide a better definition of their locations and related structures. The Rif`s geology is a mirror image of the right-lateral strike-slip fault system of Venezuela and Trinidad. Most features associated with the Rif`s strike-slip faults have not been explored to data and hydrocarbon potential remains a good possibility.
- OSTI ID:
- 80237
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941015-; TRN: IM9532%%365
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 64. annual meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists and international exposition, Los Angeles, CA (United States), 23-27 Oct 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of SEG international exposition and sixty-fourth annual meeting -- 1994 Technical program: Expanded abstracts with authors` biographies; PB: 1736 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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