|
|
| Garcia, Marga; Maillard, Agnès; Aslanian, Daniel; Rabineau, Marina; Alonso, Belen; Gorini, Christian; Estrada, Ferran. |
| The Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC) drastically affected the physiography, morphology and sedimentation all along the Mediterranean area at the end of the Miocene. This paper presents an analysis of the effects of the MSC on the Catalan continental margin, based on a broad database of seismic reflection profiles from the oil industry and academy. We study the sedimentary processes and their controlling factors and the correlation with the nearby and well-known Gulf of Lions. Because of the complexity of the MSC, we define the Margin Erosion Surface/Top Erosion Surface (MES/TES) as the surface marking the end of the Messinian event, which allows differentiating three domains along the Catalan margin: the Creus, Girona and Barcelona domains, separated by the... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Valencia Basin; Catalan Margin; Messinian Salinity Crisis; Sea level; Drainage systems. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00041/15196/13319.pdf |
| |
