Abstract
The metamorphic series of Filali and the Beni Bousera massif represent the most metamorphic unit in the inner part of the Moroccan Rif. The Filali series is composed of micaschists, gneisses, migmatites and granulites wrapped around the ultramafic body of the Beni Bousera. The foliation is broadly coherent all over the massif although differences in lineation and fold axis have been found between the granulites and the micaschists-gneisses. Metamorphic grade increases continuously towards the ultramafic body; however, seven metamorphic zones which account for this increase can be defined: - chlorite zone: muscovite and chlorite underline the S1 schistosity refolded by S2. Small garnet is wrapped by or cut across S2; - chloritoid zone: chloritoid displays the same textures as chlorite and muscovite, underlining S1 and S2 schistosity. Chlorite reacts out to biotite; - staurolite+andalusite zone: staurolite, andalusite, cordierite and garnet have pre-, syn- and post- kinematic features with respect to S2. Garnet reacts out to muscovite, biotite and plagioclase; - staurolite+andalusite+kyanite zone: same textural relationships as in the previous zone. Kyanite is an additional phase, often displaying epitaxial textures with staurolite and andalusite; - andalusite+kyanite+sillimanite zone: fibrolitic sillimanite generally associated with biotite crystallizes from staurolite. However, sillimanite is also directly formed from andalusite and kyanite. As in the previous zone garnet reacts out to biotite, muscovite and plagioclase; - sillimanite+k-feldspar zone: muscovite reacts out to k-feldspar. Modes of biotite and sillimanite increase; - migmatites zone are composed by biotite, sillimanite, garnet, cordierite quartz and feldspars. Garnets do not display the reaction textures seen in the previous zones; - granulites are composed of a primary paragenesis with kyanite+k-feldspar+garnet+ or -biotite+plagioclase+rutile, partially obliterated by a secondary paragenesis with cordierite, sillimanite and spinel.