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The Ligurian Basin, at the junction between the Western Mediterranean and the Alpine chain, opened in back-arc extension between the Oligocene and the Miocene, driven by the rollback of the African slab under Eurasia. This episode created complex structures in an already heterogeneous lithosphere. The basin and its northern margin are currently...

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...

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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...

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...

The first leg of the SEFASILS cruise took place in November 2018 onboard the RV Pourquoi-Pas ?Up-to-date multichannel and wide-angle seismic data were acquired offshore Monaco, from margin to basin, aiming at providing a renewed vision of the complex North Ligurian backarc system. The compressive and extensive tectonic phases that have closely...

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