Un réseau fluviatile d'âge Burdigalien terminal dans le Sud-Est de la France: Remplissage, extension, âge, implications

Translated title of the contribution: Latest Burdigalian network of fluvial valleys in southeast France (western Alps): Characteristics, geographic extent, age, implications

David Besson, Olivier Parize, Jean Loup Rubino, Jean Pierre Aguilar, Marie Pierre Aubry, Bernard Beaudoin, William A. Berggren, Georges Clauzon, Philippe Crumeyrolle, Yann Dexcoté, Nicolas Fiet, Silvia Iaccarino, Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno, Cécile Laporte-Galaa, Jacques Michaux, Katharina von Salis, Jean Pierre Suc, Jean Yves Reynaud, Roland Wernli

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Abstract

An integrated study combining facies analysis, multiple group biostratigraphy, identification of depositional sequences and mapping has been conducted on the Miocene Molasse Basin of the external Alps (southeastern France). The filling of the basin is described as resulting from a succession of fluvial incisions subsequently filled during marine transgressions. The major incision is dated as Latest Burdigalian and the major transgression as Langhian. This revised interpretation of the Miocene physiographic evolution of the Molasse Basin implies a re-examination of previous stratigraphic correlations within the basin.

Translated title of the contributionLatest Burdigalian network of fluvial valleys in southeast France (western Alps): Characteristics, geographic extent, age, implications
Original languageFrench
Pages (from-to)1045-1054
Number of pages10
JournalComptes Rendus - Geoscience
Volume337
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2005

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)

Keywords

  • Alps
  • Burdigalian
  • Hydrography
  • Incised valley
  • Langhian
  • Physiography

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