Mauritanide Belt
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mauritanide-belt-174-8523497
title:
Mauritanide Belt
text:
The Mauritanide Belt is an ancient orogen running parallel to the west coast of Africa from Morocco to Guinea-Bissau. The orogeny that formed the Mauritanide Belt was active between 320 and 270 million years ago in the Carboniferous and Permian. During this time period the eastern nappes of the belt thrust over rocks of Devonian age in the Taoudeni Basin. During the Triassic the Mauritanide Belt was split from the Appalachian Mountains as the Atlantic Ocean opened.
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description:
Ancient orogen parallel to the west coast of Africa from Morocco to Guinea-Bissau
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritanide_Belt
date created:
2015-09-12T10:32:40Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T19:41:08Z
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