Las sucesiones terrígenas del Triásico superior y la base del Jurásico del Alto Muluya (Marruecos): estratigrafía y contexto geodinámico

The Triassic-Jurassic basins of the High Moulouya area record the evolution of the Atlasicrifting in the SW-NE direction, showing a syntectonic continental sedimentation and an active volcanism. Such mobility has led to the differentiation of asymmetric half basins, whosegradual subsidence took place in successive stages. These basins, particularly during thedeposition of the terrigenous successions of the base of the Jurassic (early Liassic age),show a typical syntectonic continental infill. It consists of a mixed sedimentation, detrital andvolcanoclastic, generally coarse-grained towards the base. Coarser deposits, fed by volcanicclasts, are structured as sequences of spreading river cones, alternating with irregular clayfacies of flood plain. They reflect a rejuvenation of the relief, following a reactivation of thefaults. The sedimentary infill was provided by intermittent flows with considerable discharge,forming deposits along fault escarpments. The top of the terrigenous series shows a dominance of thin detritic sediments and a lack of volcanoclastics, reflecting the peneplanation ofthe relief and the creation of a flood plain. It records the widespread homogenization of theprior relief, causing the disappearance of the pre-existing structures during a period of tectonic quiescence. The volcanoclastics, witnessing an explosive volcanism and a concomitantsedimentation, are clustered in the tectonically active regions, where they are thicker and diversified. This late volcanism occurred during the final phases of rifting, owing to the replayof major Hercynian and tardi-hercynian faults. The Triassic-Jurassic period is thus marked byan extensional dynamics controlled by the influence of the first stages of the opening of thecentralAtlantic and the western Tethys Las cuencas triásico-jurásicas del Alto Muluya han registrado la evolución del proceso de “rifting” que ocurrió en elAtlas: una apertura en la dirección SO-NE, una sedimentación continental sintectónica y un volcanismo activo. En este proceso se formaron cuencas a modo de sucesivos escalones asimétricos, que fueron hundiéndose a lo largo del tiempo. Estas cuencas, en especial durante la formación de las series terrígenas (argilites salifères supérieures en la literatura francesa de la región: Michard, 1976; Kaoukaya, 1987) de la extrema base del Jurásico, muestran una organización típica de relleno continental sintectónico, con intercalaciones volcanosedimentarias y volcanoclásticas, generalmente con sedimentos gruesos hacia la base, progresivamente más finos hacia el techo. El origen de esto