Mauritanide Mountains

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Mauritanide Mountains

mountains, Africa

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Africa
The Paleozoic Era
The Mauritanide mountain chain was compressed and folded at that time along the western margin of the West African craton from Morocco to Senegal. Elsewhere, major uplift or subsidence occurred, continuing until the end of the Triassic Period (i.e., about 201 million years ago). Those structures…
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The Mauritanide mountain chain was compressed and folded at that time along the western margin of the West African craton from Morocco to Senegal. Elsewhere, major uplift or subsidence occurred, continuing until the end of the Triassic Period (i.e., about 201 million years ago). Those structures…
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Carboniferous Period
Significant geologic events
…Hercynide Mountains (southern Europe), and Mauritanide Mountains (northern Africa). These events continued the creation of a supercontinent, Pangea, that would finally end in the Permian Period.
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…Hercynide Mountains (southern Europe), and Mauritanide Mountains (northern Africa). These events continued the creation of a supercontinent, Pangea, that would finally end in the Permian Period.
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