Aptian− Albian extension in Tethyan rifted continental passive margin of Tunisia inferred from sequential restorations of balanced cross-sections and expansion index

M Gharbi, D Boote, NS Aich, MSH Moustafa… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
This article presents an overview of regional extensional deformation across the north-facing
southern Tethyan continental passive margin of Tunisia during the Aptian and Albian syn-rift …

Satellite remote sensing and GIS-based multi-criteria analysis for the assessment of groundwater potentiality in fractured limestone aquifer: Case study of Maknassy …

H Smida, L Dassi, K Boukhachem… - Journal of African Earth …, 2022 - Elsevier
Satellite remote sensing and GIS-based multi-criteria analysis are used to assess
groundwater availability and potentiality of the fractured limestone aquifer of the Maknassy …

[HTML][HTML] Combined use of HYSPLIT model and MODIS aerosols optical depth to study the spatiotemporal circulation patterns of Saharan dust events over Central …

N Gammoudi, J Kovács, F Gresina, G Varga - Aeolian Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Mineral dust released from the desert region and transported into the atmosphere has a
crucial impact on the Earth's climate system's biogeochemical cycle. It has serious adverse …

Deformation styles related to intraplate strike-slip fault systems of the Saharan-Tunisian Southern Atlas (North Africa): New kinematic models

A Soumaya, A Kadri, NB Ayed, YS Kim… - Journal of Structural …, 2020 - Elsevier
The complex geometry and tectonic evolution of the Saharan-Tunisian Southern Atlas strike-
slip fault systems, North Africa, have not been investigated comprehensively to date. This …

Review of the deformation styles during the Cretaceous Tethyan period: inferred from slumps and fault Kinematics analysis along Northern Tunisia

N Chahreddine, L Mejri, A Masrouhi… - Mediterranean Geoscience …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract In northern Tunisia, the Cretaceous period is described as a spectacular episode of
soft-sediment deformations exposed for several kilometers. These gravity-driven …

Timing and distribution of bedding-parallel veins, in evaporitic rocks, Bouhedma Formation, Northern Chotts, Tunisia

N Abaab, A Zanella, D Akrout, R Mourgues… - Journal of Structural …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Bedding-parallel veins,'BPV', are widespread worldwide especially within
sediments of low permeability such as mudstones, marls and evaporitic formations. Gypsum …

Role of the pre-orogenic rifting and preexisting Mesozoic salt tectonics on the deformation of the Southern Atlas front of Tunisia

M Gharbi, D Boote, H Mouakhar… - Italian Journal of …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Hercynian crustal consolidation of Laurussia and Western Gondwana in the late
Carboniferous was immediately followed by several Permian–Early Cretaceous rift events …

Interconnection salt diapir–allochthonous salt sheet in northern Tunisia: The Lansarine–Baoula case study

Z Amri, C Naji, A Masrouhi, O Bellier - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
Surface and subsurface data are used to illustrate the halokinetic style, structural evolution
and kinematics of the Lansarine–Baouala salt structure in the Alpine domain of Tunisia. It …

Gravity and electrical resistivity analysis of deep and shallow structures related to aquifers within the Jeffara Plain, southeast Tunisia

K Mickus, N Frifita, MB Zaied, M Ouessar - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
The aquifers under the Jeffara Plain in southeastern Tunisia is a complex aquifer system
consisting of interconnected shallow and deep aquifers within Triassic and younger …

Formation mechanism and structural evolution of recumbent fold nappes: new insights from the Bizerte area, northern Tunisia

R Azizi, N Mahmoudi, A Mancini - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2024 - Elsevier
The structural analysis of the Bizerte area in northern Tunisia, utilizing well data and field
observations, reveals a complex arrangement of fold structures characterized by recumbent …