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Spatial and temporal distribution patterns of Precambrian mafic dyke swarms in northern Mauritania (West African craton): analysis and results from remote-sensing interpretation, geographical information systems (GIS), Google Earth ™ images, and regional geology

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We used remote sensing, geographical information systems, Google Earth™ images, and regional geology in order to (i) improve the mapping of linear structures and understand the chronology of different mafic dyke swarms in the Ahmeyim area that belongs to the Archean Tasiast-Tijirit Terrane of the Reguibat Shield, West African craton, NW Mauritania. The spatial and temporal distributions with the trends of the dyke swarms provide important information about geodynamics. The analysis of the mafic dyke swarms map and statistical data allow us to distinguish four mafic dyke swarm sets: a major swarm trending NE-SW to NNE-SSW (80%) and three minor swarms trending EW to ENE-WSW (9.33%), NW-SE to WNW-ESE (9.06%), and NS (1.3%). The major swarms extend over 35 km while the minor swarms do not exceed 13 km. The Google Earth™ images reveal relative ages through crossover relationships. The major NE-SW to NNE-SSW and the minor NS swarms are the oldest generations emplaced in the Ahemyim area. The NW-SE-oriented swarm dykes which are cutting the two former swarms are emplaced later. The minor E-W to WSW-ENE swarms are probably the youngest. A precise U-Pb baddeleyite age of 2733 ± 2 Ma has been obtained for the NNE-SSW Ahmeyim Great Dyke. This dyke is approximately 1500 m wide in some zone and extends for more than 150 km. The distinct mafic dyke swarms being identified in this study can potentially be linked with coeval magmatic events on other cratons around the globe to identify reconstructed LIPs and constrain continental reconstructions.

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Acknowledgments

This work has been made in preparation of a PhD thesis. It is a collaboration between the University of Nouakchott Al Aasriya, Mauritania, and the Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakesh, Morocco. The authors thank also the five anonymous reviewers who by their remarks have improved the final version of the manuscript.

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The study was financially supported by the Cooperation Service of Cultural Action of the French Embassy in Nouakchott (SCAC) which helped to make displacement between the two universities.

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  1. Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, University of Nouakchott Al Aasriya, Nouakchott, Mauritania

    Moussa Hamath Ba & Khalidou Lo

  2. Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences-Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Prince Moulay Abdellah Boulevard, P.O. Box 2390, 40 000, Marrakesh, Morocco

    Moussa Hamath Ba, Nassrddine Youbi, El Houssein Abdeina, Mohamed Khalil Bensalah & Moulay Ahmed Boumehdi

  3. Department of Geology, Georessources, Geoenvironment and Civil Engineering (L3G) Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques –Guéliz, Cadi Ayyad University, Abdelkarim Al Khattabi Boulevard, P.O. Box 549, 40 000, Marrakesh, Morocco

    Hassan Ibouh & Mohammed Jaffal

  4. Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016, Lisbon, Portugal

    Nassrddine Youbi, Mohamed Khalil Bensalah & Moulay Ahmed Boumehdi

  5. Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, K1S 5B6, Canada

    Richard E. Ernst

  6. Faculty of Geology and Geography, Tomsk State University, 36 Lenin Ave, Tomsk, Russia, 634050

    Richard E. Ernst

  7. Department of Geography, Umm Al Qura University, Mecca, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Abdoul Jelil Niang

  8. Algold Resources Ltd/Tirex-Mauritania, Nouakchott, Mauritania

    Ibrahima Dia

  9. Department of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, SE-223 62, Lund, Sweden

    Ulf Söderlund

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Ba, M.H., Ibouh, H., Lo, K. et al. Spatial and temporal distribution patterns of Precambrian mafic dyke swarms in northern Mauritania (West African craton): analysis and results from remote-sensing interpretation, geographical information systems (GIS), Google Earth ™ images, and regional geology. Arab J Geosci 13, 209 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-020-5194-2

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