The Beni Bousera massif(Rifean belt,northern Morocco)is predominantly composed of spinel lherzolite with subordinate garnet pyroxenite and garnet peridotite layers.It formed an antiformal dome which was overlain by gr...The Beni Bousera massif(Rifean belt,northern Morocco)is predominantly composed of spinel lherzolite with subordinate garnet pyroxenite and garnet peridotite layers.It formed an antiformal dome which was overlain by graphite-sillimanite-garnet gneisses(kinzigites)equilibrated at around 1 GPa and 750℃.Within these kinzigites,kyanite-bearing basic granulites record somewhat higher PT conditions of around 1.6-2.0 GPa and 760-820℃.Garnet clinopyroxenite(either graphite-bearing or graphi-展开更多
The Beni Bousera ultramafic massif is a tectonically emplaced body of upper mantle material that is exposed over 72 km2at the base of the internal zones of the Alpine Rif belt of northern Morocco.The predominant litho...The Beni Bousera ultramafic massif is a tectonically emplaced body of upper mantle material that is exposed over 72 km2at the base of the internal zones of the Alpine Rif belt of northern Morocco.The predominant lithology in展开更多
Dr.Amel Barich IUGS Councillor(2014-2018).Geology is a discipline where I found myself traveling in space and time,using various scientific tools and disciplines to understand the nature of our planet and its processe...Dr.Amel Barich IUGS Councillor(2014-2018).Geology is a discipline where I found myself traveling in space and time,using various scientific tools and disciplines to understand the nature of our planet and its processes,and how it has been developed over time.I could not ask for a better knowledge-seeking path.I believe once you become a geologist you can never see things the same way again.The“colorful”geology of Morocco was for sure a great motivation to draw somehow my perspective.From the beginning of my scientific education,I was attracted by metamorphic rocks,how they are formed and what fascinating story they can tell us about tectonic processes that took place million years ago.I carried out my undergraduate and Masters research projects on metamorphic rocks of the complex Rif belt,in northern Morocco.The rare mineral assemblage of kornerupine,sapphirine and corundum quickly intrigued my further interest on the petrology and geochemistry of crust-mantle couplings at high-grade metamorphic conditions.I graduated from the UniversitéMohammed V Agdal,in Rabat,Morocco and pursued my PhD in the Andalusian Institute of Earth Sciences,in Granada,Spain.After some years of work on the crustal sequence of the famous Beni Bousera massif,in the Rif,the project that led me to get my PhD degree was studying its counterpart,the Jubrique unit in the Ronda massif.The focus was on the lower continental crust and its early melting processes,by combining petrological and geochemical studies of nanogranites inclusions,and garnets as their host.The most fascinating part for me was the information transfer that can be deducted by the study of individual garnet crystals.展开更多
文摘The Beni Bousera massif(Rifean belt,northern Morocco)is predominantly composed of spinel lherzolite with subordinate garnet pyroxenite and garnet peridotite layers.It formed an antiformal dome which was overlain by graphite-sillimanite-garnet gneisses(kinzigites)equilibrated at around 1 GPa and 750℃.Within these kinzigites,kyanite-bearing basic granulites record somewhat higher PT conditions of around 1.6-2.0 GPa and 760-820℃.Garnet clinopyroxenite(either graphite-bearing or graphi-
文摘The Beni Bousera ultramafic massif is a tectonically emplaced body of upper mantle material that is exposed over 72 km2at the base of the internal zones of the Alpine Rif belt of northern Morocco.The predominant lithology in
文摘Dr.Amel Barich IUGS Councillor(2014-2018).Geology is a discipline where I found myself traveling in space and time,using various scientific tools and disciplines to understand the nature of our planet and its processes,and how it has been developed over time.I could not ask for a better knowledge-seeking path.I believe once you become a geologist you can never see things the same way again.The“colorful”geology of Morocco was for sure a great motivation to draw somehow my perspective.From the beginning of my scientific education,I was attracted by metamorphic rocks,how they are formed and what fascinating story they can tell us about tectonic processes that took place million years ago.I carried out my undergraduate and Masters research projects on metamorphic rocks of the complex Rif belt,in northern Morocco.The rare mineral assemblage of kornerupine,sapphirine and corundum quickly intrigued my further interest on the petrology and geochemistry of crust-mantle couplings at high-grade metamorphic conditions.I graduated from the UniversitéMohammed V Agdal,in Rabat,Morocco and pursued my PhD in the Andalusian Institute of Earth Sciences,in Granada,Spain.After some years of work on the crustal sequence of the famous Beni Bousera massif,in the Rif,the project that led me to get my PhD degree was studying its counterpart,the Jubrique unit in the Ronda massif.The focus was on the lower continental crust and its early melting processes,by combining petrological and geochemical studies of nanogranites inclusions,and garnets as their host.The most fascinating part for me was the information transfer that can be deducted by the study of individual garnet crystals.
