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Discovery of Messinian canyons and new seismic stratigraphic model, offshore Provence (SE France): Implications for the hydrographic network reconstruction
Aurélie Tassy
1, 2, *
F. Fournier
1
Philippe Munch
3
J. Borgomano
1, 4
Isabelle Thinon
5
Marie-Claire Fabri
6
Marina Rabineau
7
B. Arfib
1
Jacques Begot
7
Marie-Odile Beslier
8
Jean-Jacques Cornee
3
Arnaud Fournillon
1
Christian Gorini
2
Pol Guennoc
5
P. Leonide
1
J. Oudet
1
Fabien Paquet
5
Françoise Sage
8
R. Toullec
1
*
Corresponding author
Aurélie Tassy 1, 2
Correspondent author
F. Fournier 1
Author
Philippe Munch 3
Author
J. Borgomano 1, 4
Author
Isabelle Thinon 5
Author IdHAL : isabelle-thinon ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8358-2699
Marie-Claire Fabri 6
Author
Marina Rabineau 7
Author IdHAL : marina-rabineau ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8420-1587
B. Arfib 1
Author IdHAL : bruno-arfib IdRef : https://www.idref.fr/060335254 ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9345-6813
Jacques Begot 7
Author
Marie-Odile Beslier 8
Author IdHAL : marie-odile-beslier
Jean-Jacques Cornee 3
Author IdHAL : jean-jacques-cornee ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0542-098X
Arnaud Fournillon 1
Author
Christian Gorini 2
Author IdHAL : christian-gorini ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3123-4822
Pol Guennoc 5
Author
P. Leonide 1
Author
J. Oudet 1
Author
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CEREGE - Centre européen de recherche et d'enseignement des géosciences de l'environnement (Europôle Méditerranéen de l'Arbois - Avenue Louis Philibert - BP 80 - 13545 Aix-en-Provence cedex 4 - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR7330 (France)
- IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement : UMR_D161 (Siège Le Sextant 44, bd de Dunkerque CS 90009 13572 Marseille cedex 02 - France)
- CdF (institution) - Collège de France : UMR7330 (France)
- INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU-CNRS 3 rue Michel-Ange, 75794 Paris Cedex 16 - France)
- AMU - Aix Marseille Université : UM34 (Aix-Marseille Université Jardins du Pharo 58 Boulevard Charles Livon 13284 Marseille cedex 7 - France)
- INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (France)
2
iSTeP - Institut des Sciences de la Terre de Paris (4, place Jussieu BP CC129 75252 PARIS CEDEX 05 - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR7193 (France)
- UPMC - Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (4 place Jussieu - 75005 Paris - France)
3
Géosciences Montpellier (Université de Montpellier Campus Triolet cc060 Place Eugène Bataillon 34095 Montpellier Cedex05 - France)
- UAG - Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (Fouillole - BP 250 - 97157 Pointe-à-Pitre - Guadeloupe)
- INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU-CNRS 3 rue Michel-Ange, 75794 Paris Cedex 16 - France)
- UM - Université de Montpellier (163 rue Auguste Broussonnet - 34090 Montpellier - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR5243 (France)
6
Laboratoire Environnmement LER/PAC (La Seyne S/Mer - France)
- IFREMER - Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (155, rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau - 92 138 Issy-les-Moulineaux - France)
7
LDO - Domaines Océaniques (Technopôle Brest-Iroise, Place Copernic, 29280 Plouzané - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR6538 (France)
- Institut d'écologie et environnement (France)
- Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers (France)
- UBO - Université de Brest (Université de Bretagne Occidentale - 3 Rue des Archives 29238, Brest - France)
- INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU-CNRS 3 rue Michel-Ange, 75794 Paris Cedex 16 - France)
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GEOAZUR 6526 - Géoazur (Bât 4, 250 rue Albert Einstein Les Lucioles 1, Sophia Antipolis 06560 VALBONNE - France)
- Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (France)
- UCA - Université Côte d'Azur (Parc Valrose, 28 avenue Valrose 06108 Nice Cedex 2 - France)
- COMUE UCA - COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015 - 2019) (Parc Valrose, 28 avenue Valrose 06108 Nice Cedex 2 - France)
- INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU-CNRS 3 rue Michel-Ange, 75794 Paris Cedex 16 - France)
- UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (Parc Valrose - BP 2135 - 06103 Nice cedex 2 - France)
- COMUE UCA - COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015 - 2019) (Parc Valrose, 28 avenue Valrose 06108 Nice Cedex 2 - France)
- UPMC - Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (4 place Jussieu - 75005 Paris - France)
- IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement : UR082 (Siège Le Sextant 44, bd de Dunkerque CS 90009 13572 Marseille cedex 02 - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR6526 (France)
Abstract : The interpretation of high-resolution 2D marine seismic profiles together with the analysis of sea-bottom cores allowed a stratigraphic and structural framework of the Provence continental shelf to be proposed. The integration of onshore and offshore stratigraphy, structure and geomorphology provided new insights into Messinian paleotopography and paleohydrography. A geological map of the offshore Provence continental shelf, isobath map of the base Plio-Quaternary surface are presented for the first time in this area. The base Plio-Quaternary surface is a polyphased unconformity that is composed of deep canyons developed by fluvial erosion during the Messinian event, and wave-cut surfaces formed during post-Messinian transgressions. The study evidenced a deep, E-W-trending canyon (Bandol canyon) connected to the head of the Cassidaigne canyon, and filled with up to 600 m-thick Plio-Quaternary deposits. The development of canyons on the Provence margin during the Messinian event was dominantly controlled by the lithology and structure of pre-Messinian formations. A map of the Messinian paleo-drainage network is proposed to explain the presence of deep canyons in the Eastern area and the lack of incision in the Western area. An underground karst drainage scheme is proposed, linked with the current submarine Port-Miou spring.
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Aurélie Tassy, F. Fournier, Philippe Munch, J. Borgomano, Isabelle Thinon, et al.. Discovery of Messinian canyons and new seismic stratigraphic model, offshore Provence (SE France): Implications for the hydrographic network reconstruction. Marine and Petroleum Geology, Elsevier, 2014, 57, pp.25-50. ⟨10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.05.001⟩. ⟨insu-01009592⟩
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