The sedimentary markers of the Messinian salinity crisis and their relation with salt tectonics on the Provençal margin (western Mediterranean): Results from the "MAURESC" cruise

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-196

  Obone Zue Obame, Edda Marlené ^a   Gaullier, Virginie ^a   Sage, Françoise ^b   Maillard, Agnes ^c   Lofi, Johanna ^d   Vendeville, Bruno ^e   Thinon, Isabelle ^f   Rehault, Jean Pierre ^g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^e UNIV LILLE   (France)

^f BRGM   (France)

^g INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

Author keywords

Clastics; Erosion; Messinian salinity crisis; Salt tectonics; Seismics

Indexed keywords

CANYON; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; EROSION; FACIES; MESSINIAN; SALINITY; SALT TECTONICS; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

BLACK SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 79955788711     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.182.2.181     Document Type: Article

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