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| Kherroubi, Abdelaziz; Deverchere, Jacques; Yelles, Abdelkarim; De Lepinay, Bernard Mercier; Domzig, Anne; Cattaneo, Antonio; Bracene, Rabah; Gaullier, Virginie; Graindorge, David. |
| We describe for the first time a set of large active thrusts and folds near the foot of the easternmost Algerian margin, Western Mediterranean, from swath bathymetry and high-resolution seismic data acquired in 2005 during the Maradja2/Samra cruise. This active system resumes a previous passive margin and creates growth strata deposition on the limbs of large folds, resulting in the development of perched basins at the foot of the margin since less than similar to 1 Ma. They form a set of overlapping fault segments verging toward the Algerian basin, in a way similar to what has been observed off eastern Algiers on the rupture zone of the 2003 Mw 6.8 Boumerdes earthquake. The horizontal shortening rate across large folds is estimated to be of the order of 1... |
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Palavras-chave: Subduction inception; Africa Eurasia convergence; Seismic reflection; Seismic hazards; Growth strata; Folding; Active faulting; Annaba; Algerian margin. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2009/publication-6850.pdf |
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| Domzig, Anne; Yelles, Karim; Le Roy, Charlotte; Deverchere, Jacques; Bouillin, Jean-pierre; Bracene, Rabah; De Lepinay, Bernard Mercier; Le Roy, Pascal; Calais, Eric; Kherroubi, Abdelaziz; Gaullier, Virginie; Savoye, Bruno; Pauc, Henri. |
| We present new results from the MARADJA'03 cruise depicting the geological structures offshore central and western Algeria. Using swath bathymetry and seismic reflection data, we map and discuss the offshore limits of the Internal Zones corresponding to relics of the AIKaPeCa domain that drifted and collided the African plate during the Miocene. We identify large reverse faults and folds that reactivate part of these limits and are still active today. The morphology of the westernmost NE-SW margin suggests a former strike-slip activity accommodating a westward block translation responsible for the shift of the Internal Zones towards the Moroccan Rif. |
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Palavras-chave: Sismique réflexion; Bathymétrie multifaisceau; Évolution tectonique du Bassin méditerranéen; Néotectonique; Zones Internes; Marge Algérienne; Seismic reflection; Swath bathymetry; Tectonic evolution of the Mediterranean; Internal zones neotectonics; Algerian margin. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-1211.pdf |
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| Deverchere, Jacques; Yelles, K; Domzig, Anne; Mercier De Lepinay, B; Bouillin, J.p.; Gaullier, V; Bracene, R; Calais, E; Savoye, Bruno; Kherroubi, A; Le Roy, P; Pauc, H; Dan, Gabriela. |
| [1] We investigate the active seismogenic fault system in the area of the 2003 Mw 6.9 Boumerdes earthquake, Algeria, from a high-resolution swath bathymetry and seismic survey. A series of 5 main fault-propagation folds similar to20-35 km long leave prominent cumulative escarpments on the steep slope and in the deep basin. Fault activity creates Plio-Quaternary growth strata within uplifted areas such as a rollover basin on the slope and piggyback basins in the deep ocean. Most thrusts turn to fault-propagation folds at the sub-surface and depict ramp-flat trajectories. We find that the two main slip patches of the 2003 Mw 6.9 Boumerdes earthquake are spatially correlated to two segmented cumulative scarps recognized on the slope and at the foot of the... |
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Palavras-chave: Continental margin; Sismicity; Tectonophysics. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2005/publication-743.pdf |
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| Deverchere, Jacques; De Lepinay, Bernard Mercier; Cattaneo, Antonio; Strzerzynski, Pierre; Calais, Eric; Domzig, Anne; Bracene, Rabah. |
| Although often difficult to characterize, the relationship between a seismic rupture, its aftershock sequence, and cumulative subsurface or surface faulting or folding is an important challenge to modern seismology and seismotectonics. Among other benefits, it helps document fault length, slip, and magnitude relationships, reconstruct the evolution of the rupture process through historical and prehistorical times and identify the complexity of the deformation in its path toward the surface. This approach is a prerequisite to any seismic hazard assessment but is particularly difficult for faults whose surface trace projects offshore. A specific effort to identify and quantify the source parameters of large earthquakes in coastal areas is therefore needed,... |
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Palavras-chave: Boumerdès-Zemmouri earthquake; Deformation; Kinematics; Margin. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00003/11440/7994.pdf |
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| Strzerzynski, Pierre; Deverchere, Jacques; Cattaneo, Antonio; Domzig, Anne; Yelles, Karim; De Lepinay, Bernard Mercier; Babonneau, Nathalie; Boudiaf, Azzedine. |
| The Algerian margin has originated from the opening of the Algerian basin about 25-30 Ma ago. The central margin provides evidence for large-scale normal faults of Oligo-Miocene age, whereas transcurrent tectonics characterizes the western margin. A set of NW-SE oriented dextral transform faults was active during basin opening and divided the 600 km long central margin into segments of similar to 120-150 km. The upper Miocene, Plio-Quaternary, and present-day tectonic setting is, however, compressional and supports the occurrence of a margin inversion, a process still poorly documented worldwide. We show that the central Algerian margin represents a rare example of inverted margin, where the process of subduction inception is particularly well expressed... |
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Palavras-chave: Messinian salinity crisis; Western mediterranean sea; Northern algeria; Intraplate deformation; Incipient subduction; Plate kinematics; Salt tectonics; Boundary; Basin; Miocene. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00008/11883/9286.pdf |
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