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Origine du remplissage sédimentaire des grottes de Témara (Maroc) d’après l’étude des minéraux lourds et l’étude exoscopique des grains de quartz

Origin of depositional sequences from Témara Caves (Marocco) based on heavy minerals and the quartz grains exoscopy
Sabah Niftah, André Debénath and Jean-Claude Miskovsky
p. 73-83

Abstracts

Quaternary deposits of the areas of Rabat and Casablanca (Morocco) have been intensively investigated. We focus here on depositional sequences from the caves of El Mnasra (Casino), Ouled Bouchikha (Les Contrebandiers) and El Harhoura II in the area of Témara. The sequences are correlated with isotopic stages 3 and 2. Exoscopic study under ESEM (Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope) of quartz grains selected throughout the different sequences has helped to describe sediment transport processes. Sediments originating from various areas of the Moroccan Meseta and Middle Atlas, were carried by wind and river transport, and then deposited along the coastal continental shelf. They followed there a complex evolutionary process before completing their transport which ended in the Témara caves.

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References

Bibliographical reference

Sabah Niftah, André Debénath and Jean-Claude Miskovsky, “Origine du remplissage sédimentaire des grottes de Témara (Maroc) d’après l’étude des minéraux lourds et l’étude exoscopique des grains de quartz”Quaternaire, vol. 16/2 | 2005, 73-83.

Electronic reference

Sabah Niftah, André Debénath and Jean-Claude Miskovsky, “Origine du remplissage sédimentaire des grottes de Témara (Maroc) d’après l’étude des minéraux lourds et l’étude exoscopique des grains de quartz”Quaternaire [Online], vol. 16/2 | 2005, Online since 01 June 2008, connection on 29 March 2024. URL: http://journals.openedition.org/quaternaire/295; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/quaternaire.295

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About the authors

Sabah Niftah

Université de Perpignan, Laboratoire de Préhistoire, FRF 5590 du CNRS, 66720 TAUTAVEL.E-mail :sniftah@tautavel.univ-perp.fr
sniftah@yahoo.fr

André Debénath

Professeur émérite de Préhistoire, 8 route de la Rochefoucauld, 16220 MONTBRON.E-mail : Adebenath2b@aol.com

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Jean-Claude Miskovsky

Université de Perpignan, Laboratoire de Préhistoire, FRF 5590 du CNRS, 66720 TAUTAVEL.

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