SCHENINI , Laure

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...

Imaging via pre-stack depth migration (PSDM) of reflection towed-streamer multichannel seismic (MCS) data at the scale of the whole crust is inherently difficult. This is because the depth penetration of the seismic wavefield is controlled, firstly, by the acquisition design, such as streamer length and air-gun source configuration, and...

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La communication concerne la thématique Sciences de la Terre, mais ni atmosphère, climat, hydrologie, ni sismologie stricto-sensu

Offshore 2D-Multichannel seismic (MCS)-reflection profiles were acquired in northern Ecuador during the HIPER survey (March/April 2020, R/V L'Atalante) together with one 2D-OBS-seismicrefraction profile (presented in a joint abstract by A. Skrubej). This project (presented in a joint abstract by A. Galve) aims at deciphering the role of lower...

The southwestern segment of the Hellenic subduction zone has generated a M>8 tsunamigenic earthquake in the past (365 AD), the largest event ever reported in Europe, but fundamental questions remain about the deep geometry and characteristics of the interplate fault and connected splay faults in the overriding plate that might be rooted in the...

In 365 AD, a major M>8-tsunamignic earthquake occurred along the southwestern segment of the Hellenic subduction zone. Although this is the largest seismic event ever reported in Europe, some fundamental questions remain regarding the deep geometry of the interplate megathrust, as well as other faults within the overriding plate potentially...

The Hellenic subduction system exhibits a fairly atypical structure, resulting from the intense radial extension undergone by the Aegean domain from Eocene to Miocene. It features a very wide fore-arc, that itself includes an external non-volcanic arc between southeastern Peloponnesus and southwestern Anatolia, with Crete occupying a frontal...

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Along the convex Northern Lesser Antilles margin, plate convergence obliquity increases northward resulting in subduction normal to the trench to the west of Guadeloupe and highly oblique (>75°) to the North of Virgin Island. In this context, tectonic structures related to strain partitioning has long been debated, but are still poorly imaged....

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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...

Since Cretaceous, the Lesser Antilles subduction zone has undergone a multiphase tectonic history resulting in its present-day complex architecture. One peculiar aspect for this subduction is the trench / arc convexity from Martinique, in the South, where the subduction is frontal, to Anguilla, to the North, where the convergence obliquity is...

Forearc sedimentary basins record changes in tectonic regime and are thus key area to investigate the tectonic history of a subduction zone through time.Since Cretaceous, The Lesser Antilles subduction zone has undergone a multiphase tectonic history resulting in its present-day complex architecture. One peculiar aspect for this subduction is...

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The submarine fans of large rivers are important sites of long-term carbon storage, but are also settings in which the rapid deposition of organic-rich sediment drives linked processes of gas and gas hydrate formation, fluid expulsion, mass failure and gravity tectonism. The Ama- zon River culminates in one of the world's largest deep-sea fans,...

The Mw 8.8 1906 earthquake that occurred at the Ecuador-Colombia subduction zone is the 7th largest event ever recorded worldwide, and one of several large earthquakes that have affected the region since then.At its southern border, episodes of aseismic slip have been recorded at the shallow updip part of the subduction interplate fault, in the...

Oceanic crust formed at slow-spreading ridges is currently subducted in only a few places on Earth and the tectonic and seismogenic imprint of the slow-spreading process is poorly understood. Here we present seismic and bathymetric data from the Northeastern Lesser Antilles Subduction Zone where thick sediments enable seismic imaging to greater...

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 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...