The eastern Algerian basin, part of theWestern Mediterranean domain, is a back-arc basin resulting fromthe SE drift of the Lesser Kabylia block gave rise to continental extension and birth of a new oceanicdomain. We aim here to define the structure and tectonostratigraphic evolution of this basin and theadjoining continental margin. Indeed, the...
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2016 (v1)Journal articleUploaded on: February 28, 2023
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December 2, 2021 (v1)Journal article
The Algerian continental margin in the western Mediterranean formed as a back-arc basin and is today reactivated by the convergence between the African and Eurasian plates. It is one of the very rare examples of passive margins undergoing inversion expressed in a moderate seismicity of the margin and is possibly giving way for future...
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