Tamazeght, also known under the old name Jebel Bou-Agrao, is situated on the northern Central High Atlas flanks, between the populations of Zebzate and Ait Labbes, approx. 20 km southeast of Midelt.
It is an alkaline-peralkaline complex of volcanic to plutonic mass of Middle Eocene age.
Map Ref: 32° 36' 36.00" N / 04° 31' 41.89" W
References:
- KADAR, M. (1964) Minéralogie et implications peétrologiques des pegmatites de syénites néphéliniques du massif alcaline du Tamazeght (Haut Atlas de Midelt, Maroc). Unpublished Thesis, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse. 146 p.
- KHADEM ALLAH, Bouchra (1993): Syénites et pegmatites néphéliniques de complex alcaline du Tamazeght (Haut Atlas de Midelt, Maroc). Unpublished Thése Doctorat (Ph.D Thesis), Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse. 240 p.
- Geology of Greenland Survey Bull., vol. 190.
- Marks M. A. W. et al. (2008): The alkaline-peralkaline Tamazeght Complex, High Atlas Mountains, Morocco: Mineral chemistry and petrological constraints for derivation from a compositionally heterogeneous mantle source.. Journal of Petrology, 49, 1097-1131.
- www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/other.htm
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