BESLIER , Marie-Odile

The north Ligurian margin is a complex geological area in many ways. It has witnessed several phases of highly contrasting deformation styles, at both crustal scale and that of shallower cover tectonics, simultaneously or in quick succession, and with significant spatial variability. This complex interplay is mirrored in the resulting intricate...

The geometry and kinematics of rifts are strongly controlled by pre-existing structures that may be present in both the crust and the mantle lithosphere. In the Gulf of Aden, the Tertiary oblique rift developed through inherited Mesozoic extensional basins that trend orthogonal to the direction of Oligo-Miocene divergence. Such inheritance may...

The geometry and kinematics of rifts are strongly controlled by pre-existing structures in the lithosphere. Such features may be present in both the crust and the lithosphere mantle. In the oblique Gulf of Aden tertiary rift, inherited mesozoic basins are orthogonal to the direction of Oligo-Miocene divergence. Thus, lateral variations in the...

The geometry and kinematics of rifts are strongly controlled by pre-existing structures in the lithosphere. Such features may be present in both the crust and the lithosphere mantle. In the oblique Gulf of Aden tertiary rift, inherited mesozoic basins are orthogonal to the direction of Oligo-Miocene divergence. Thus, lateral variations in the...

Deep crustal and mantle rocks are exhumed in core complex mode of extension in three types of structures: metamorphic core complexes, oceanic core complexes and magma poor passive margins. Using available analogue and numerical models and their comparison with natural examples, the present paper reviews the mechanical processes involved in...

We surveyed the Owen Fracture Zone at the boundary between the Arabia and India plates in the NW Indian Ocean using a high-resolution multibeam echo-sounder (Owen cruise, 2009) for search of active faults. Bathymetric data reveal a previously unrecognized submarine fault scarp system running for over 800 km between the Sheba Ridge in the Gulf...

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[1] The origin of the Algerian margin remains one of the key questions still discussed in the Western Mediterranean sea, due to the imprecise nature and kinematics of the associated basin during the Neogene. For the first time, the deep structure of the Maghrebian margin was explored during the SPIRAL seismic survey. In this work, we present a...

Magnetic and gravity data gathered during the Encens-Sheba cruise (2000 June) in the eastern Gulf of Aden provide insights on the structural evolution of segmentation from rifted margins to incipient seafloor spreading. In this study, we document the conjugate margins asymmetry, confirm the location of the ocean–continent transition (OCT)...

[1] The origin of the Algerian margin remains one of the key questions still discussed in the Western Mediterranean sea, due to the imprecise nature and kinematics of the associated basin during the Neogene. For the first time, the deep structure of the Maghrebian margin was explored during the SPIRAL seismic survey. In this work, we present a...

The Gulf of Aden is a young and narrow oceanic basin formed in Oligo-Miocene time between the rifted margins of the Arabian and Somalian plates. Its mean orientation, N75°E, strikes obliquely (50°) to the N25°E opening direction. The western conjugate margins are masked by Oligo-Miocene lavas from the Afar Plume. This paper concerns the eastern...

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In the last decade, seismic imaging below salt/basaltic bodies proved beyond doubt to be the most challenging task using conventional strategies in terms of surveying, processing and inversion. Recent innovations across the whole workflow pushed further the resolution limit in such complex environments for resource exploration purposes. On the...

Rifting between Arabia and Somalia started around 35 Ma followed by spreading at 17.6 Ma in the eastern part of the Gulf of Aden. The first-order segment between Alula-Fartak and Socotra-Hadbeen fracture zones is divided into three second-order segments with different structure and morphology. Seismic reflection data were collected during the...

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Le bassin Ligure, à la jonction entre la mer Méditerranée occidentale et la chaîne Alpine, résulte d'une extension arrière-arc liée au retrait de la plaque plongeante Ionienne depuis l'Oligocène jusqu'au Miocène. Cette phase d'extension prenant place dans le contexte de la collision Eurasie-Afrique a créé des structures complexes dans une...

The north Ligurian margin is a stretched continental margin located at the junction of the Western Mediterranean Sea and the Alpine belt. The back-arc Ligurian basin opened from late Oligocene to early Miocene, as a result of the Apulian slab rollback. It has then evolved next to the active Alpine orogen, in a regional compressional setting...

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The structural evolution of the Gulf of Aden passive margins was controlled by its oblique divergence kinematics, inherited structures, and the Afar hot spot. The rifting between Arabia and Somalia started at 35 Ma just before the hot spot paroxysm (at 30Ma) and lasted until 18Ma, when oceanic spreading started. Fieldwork suggests that rift...

The north Ligurian margin is a stretched continental margin located at the junction of the Western Mediterranean Sea and the Alpine belt. This region underwent several phases of contrasting deformation styles. The Ligurian basin opened from late Oligocene to early Miocene times, as a result of a back-arc extension induced by the rollback of the...