Erosional processes and paleo-environmental changes in the Western Gulf of Lions (SW France) during the Messinian Salinity Crisis

In the Gulf of Lions, a late Miocene tectonic phase that affected the western shelf also played an important role in controlling (a) the pattern of the Messinian fluvial network, (b) the location of maximum erosion on the shelf, and (c) the location of the detrital fan depocentre downslope.