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Magnetic data are presented from seven geophysical surveys which the Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR) has carried out off the Atlantic coast of Morocco since 1967. The observed elongated anomalies in the magnetic quiet zone parallel in part the Mesozoic M-anomalies which are observed further offshore, and in part the present shelf edge. The most westward anomaly is assumed to mark the initial rift zone, whereas the other anomalies lie on crust of continental origin. They may reveal a pattern of crustal weakness in this area.
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Roeser, H.A. (1982). Magnetic Anomalies in the Magnetic Quiet Zone off Morocco. In: von Rad, U., Hinz, K., Sarnthein, M., Seibold, E. (eds) Geology of the Northwest African Continental Margin. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68409-8_4
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