Study of the structural continuity from hinterlands to continental shelf in Larache area (NW Morocco): Morphostructural approach.

The study area is situated to the south-west of the rif's domain (nw morocco). it presents all characteristics of a coastal river basin,formed essentially by the low lands of the alluvial plain of the loukkos river,and surrounded by relatively low,essentially marly hills and long sandy beaches. the evolution of the mentioned coastal area and its continental shelf is relatively complex and it depends mostly on its geodynamic context. the goal of the present study is to materialize the relationship between the mentioned continental shelf and its hinterland in the region of larache. the applied methodology was the morphostructural analysis of the envelope surface in order to bring out the original geomorphological structures and slope failures axes. the overall results allowed us to develop a synthetic structural schema. the structural continuity from hinterland to continental shelf in the area.