@article{35, author = {Asmae Bakili and Michel Corsini and Ahmed Chalouan and Philippe M{\"u}nch and Adrien Romagny and Jean-Marc Lardeaux and Ali Azdimousa}, title = {Neogene polyphase deformation related to the Alboran Basin evolution: new insights for the Beni Bousera massif (Internal Rif, Morocco)}, abstract = {Located in the Internal domain of the Rif belt, the Beni Bousera massif is characterized by a stack of peridotites and crustal metamorphic units. The massif is intruded by granitic dykes and affected by several normal ductile shear zones. Structural, petrological and $^{4}$$^{0}$ Ar{\textendash} {\textthreesuperior}$^{9}$ Ar dating analyses performed on these two elements highlight that (1) the granitic dykes are emplaced within major N70{\textdegree} to N140{\textdegree} trending normal faults and shear zones, resulted from an NNE-SSW extension (2) the Aaraben fault in its NE part is characterized by N70{\textdegree} to N150{\textdegree} trending ductile normal shear zones, resulted from a nearly N-S extension and (3) the age of this extensional event is comprised between 22 and 20 Ma. Available paleomagnetic data allow a restoration of the initial orientation of extension, which was nearly E-W contemporary with the Alboran Basin opening in back-arc context, during the Early Miocene. At the onset of the extension, the peridotites were somehow lying upon a partially melted continental crust, and exhumed during this event by the Aaraben Normal Shear Zone. Afterward, the Alboran Domain suffered several compressional events.}, year = {2020}, volume = {191}, pages = {10}, month = {2020/04/13}, }