Regional geology

Contents

I.    Overview of Algeria’s Position in Africa. 3

1.       Introduction. 3

2.       Geographical Context 3

3. Tectonic Framework in Africa. 4

3.1     Plate-Scale Geodynamics of the African Plate. 5

3.1.1 Jurassic–Cretaceous rifting. 5

3.1.2 Tethys opening and transform linkage: 6

3.1.3 Alpine convergence (Tethys closure) 6

3.1.4 Modern Africa–Europe convergence. 7

4.       Geological Domains of Algeria. 8

4.1     North domain. 8

4.1.1 The tellian domain and the water table domain: (Wildi. W, 1983) 11

4.1.2 The high plateau domain: 14

4.1.3 The Saharan Atlas. 14

5.       Conclusion. 16

6.       References. 16