Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9461870 | Comptes Rendus Geoscience | 2005 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Close to the South Pyrenean thrust front, synsedimentary normal faults develop in the 'Garumnian' continental deposits (Maastrichtian to Palaeocene) and in the carbonate platform during the Lutetian. During the Lutetian, this deformation is accompanied by a change in the sedimentation characterized by the deposit of two series of laminated limestones associated to monogenetic breccias. These normal faults would have formed at the bending of the Iberian plate subducting under Europe. They may also be considered as the starting point for the megaturbidites that deposited further north in the Eocene turbiditic basin. To cite this article: Y. Hervouët et al., C. R. Geoscience 337 (2005).
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Authors
Yves Hervouët, Nicolas Espurt, Damien Dhont,