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Lakhlifa Benaissi, Adnane Tobi, Khalid El Amari, Mohamed Hibti, 2023. Reply: Comment on “Geological mapping and mining prospecting in the Aouli inlier (Eastern Meseta, Morocco) based on remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS)” by Benaissi et al. (China Geology, 5 (2022)), China Geology, 6, 762-766. doi: 10.31035/cg2023074
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Reply: Comment on “Geological mapping and mining prospecting in the Aouli inlier (Eastern Meseta, Morocco) based on remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS)” by Benaissi et al. (China Geology, 5 (2022))
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Figure 1.
Geologic cross section NW–SE of Aouli inlier (Margoum DA, 2015. modified from Emberger A, 1965a, b).
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Figure 2.
ASTER spectral profiles of the sillimanite- and cordierite-andalusite-rich facies from the contact metamorphism aureole.
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Figure 3.
NNE–SSW corridor of Ansgmir and the NW–SE corridor of Assaka Ijdi–Tijouit (circled in blue), correspond to strongly fractured areas (after Benaissi LA et al., 2022).
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Figure 4.
(a)–Multi–direction of mineralized veins hosted in the Paleozoic basement of the Aouli inlier; (b)–N–S mineralized veins; (c)–E–W shear zones associated with the clay hydrothermal alteration in wadis; (d)–E–W shear zones associated of the ferromagnesian hydrothermal alteration in wadis.
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Figure 5.
Satellite map showing the location of some N–S veins identified in the field.