Abstract
The numerous processes (superficial and deep) occurring on margins, their origins, consequences, interactions and quantifications are only very partially described and understood. The identification of the relative role of factors is sometimes completely contradictory between authors. Here, we showed the results of a long-term multidecadal and multidisciplinary study (using geophysical, geological, stratigraphic, paleontological, geomorphologic, geochemical, microbiological and numerical models) in the Western Mediterranean Sea that acts as a natural laboratory at many different scales. We showed how sediments efficiently recorded at the same time: variations of glacio-eustatic sea-level changes, variations of sediments yield and sources, and also enabled quantifying vertical movements and geodynamic worldwide events but also detailed regional mass transport, turbidites and contourites deposits. They are also an archive of paleoclimatic, palaeoceanographic and diagenetic processes.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Recent Research on Geomorphology, Sedimentology, Marine Geosciences and Geochemistry |
| Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the 2nd Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-2), Tunisia 2019 |
| Editors | Attila Çiner, Stefan Grab, Etienne Jaillard, Domenico Doronzo, André Michard, Marina Rabineau, Helder I. Chaminé |
| Place of Publication | Cham |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 265-270 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-030-72547-1 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-3-030-72546-4, 978-3-030-72549-5 |
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| Publication status | Published - 12 Jan 2022 |
| Event | Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences - Sousse, Tunisia Duration: 25 Nov 2019 → 28 Nov 2019 |
Publication series
| Name | Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation |
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| Publisher | Springer |
| ISSN (Print) | 2522-8714 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 2522-8722 |
Conference
| Conference | Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences |
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| Abbreviated title | CAJG2019 |
| Country/Territory | Tunisia |
| City | Sousse |
| Period | 25/11/19 → 28/11/19 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Keywords
- Contourites
- Erosion
- Isostasy
- Mass-transport
- Messinian
- Pliocene
- Quaternary
- Sea-level
- Sediment yields
- Subsidence