Mauritanide Belt
The Mauritanide Belt is an ancient orogen running parallel to the west coast of Africa from Morocco to Guinea-Bissau.The orogeny that formed the Mauritanide Belt was active between 320 and 270 million years ago in the Carboniferous and Permian.During this time period the eastern nappes of the belt thrust over rocks of Devonian age in the Taoudeni Basin.During the Triassic the Mauritanide Belt was split from the Appalachian Mountains (with which it was previously a single orogen) as the Atlantic Ocean opened.This article about a specific stratigraphic formation in Africa is a stub.
PaleogeographicsupercontinentPangaeaorogenMoroccoGuinea-BissauCarboniferousPermiannappesthrustDevonianTaoudeni BasinTriassicAppalachian MountainsAtlantic OceanJournal of African Earth SciencesPlatesAfrican plateSomali plateLwandle plateMadagascar plateRovuma plateVictoria MicroplateCratonsshieldsArabian-Nubian ShieldCongo CratonKaapvaal CratonKalahari CratonSaharan MetacratonTanzania CratonTuareg ShieldWest African CratonZimbabwe CratonShear zonesAswa DislocationCentral African Shear ZoneFoumban Shear ZoneKandi Fault ZoneMwembeshi Shear ZoneOrogensAlpine OrogenCape Fold BeltDamara OrogenEast African OrogenEburnean OrogenGondwanide OrogenKibaran OrogenKuunga OrogenPan-African orogensTerra Australis OrogenAfar TriangleAnza troughBahr el Arab riftBenue TroughBlue Nile riftEast African RiftGulf of Suez RiftMelut BasinMuglad BasinRed Sea RiftUrema ValleyWest and Central African Rift SystemWhite Nile riftSedimentary basinsAngola BasinAoukarBlue Nile BasinChad BasinCongo BasinEl DjoufKaroo BasinIullemmeden BasinMurzuq BasinNiger Delta BasinOgaden BasinOuled Abdoun BasinOwambo BasinRio del Rey BasinSirte BasinTindouf BasinTurkana BasinMountain rangesAïr MountainsAtlas MountainsAurès MountainsBambouk MountainsBlue MountainsCameroon lineCentral Pangean MountainsChaillu MountainsDrakensbergEastern Arc MountainsEastern Rift mountainsEthiopian HighlandsGreat EscarpmentGreat Karas MountainsGuinea HighlandsHoggar MountainsImatong MountainsJebel UweinatLoma MountainsMandara MountainsMarrah MountainsMitumba MountainsNuba MountainsRif MountainsRwenzori MountainsSankwala MountainsSerra da LebaSerra da ChelaTeffedest MountainsTibesti MountainsInselbergsAnti-AtlasMount GorongosaJugurtha TablelandMount MabuMulanje MassifMont NiénokouéWase RockZuma RockList of inselbergsstratigraphicformation