Morpho-structural setting of the Ligurian Sea: the role of structural heritage and neotectonic inversion

D Morelli, M Locatelli, N Corradi, P Cianfarra… - Journal of Marine …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The review of recent bathymetric and geophysical data collected in the framework of several
research and cartographic projects have allowed a detailed reconstruction of the morpho …

Recent, climate-driven river incision rate fluctuations in the Mercantour crystalline massif, southern French Alps

C Petit, L Goren, Y Rolland, D Bourlès… - Quaternary Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
We present a new geomorphological analysis of the Tinée River tributaries in the southern
French Alps based on numerical inverse and forward modelling of their longitudinal profiles …

[HTML][HTML] Seismotectonics of southeast France: from the Jura mountains to Corsica

C Larroque, S Baize, J Albaric… - Comptes …, 2021 - comptes-rendus.academie-sciences …
Résumé The analysis of the seismicity catalog (1996 to 2019) covering the region from the
Jura mountains to Corsica provides a first-order image of the distribution of earthquakes …

Crustal structure of the eastern Algerian continental margin and adjacent deep basin: implications for late Cenozoic geodynamic evolution of the western …

B Bouyahiaoui, F Sage, A Abtout… - Geophysical Journal …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We determine the deep structure of the eastern Algerian basin and its southern margin in the
Annaba region (easternmost Algeria), to better constrain the plate kinematic reconstruction …

Reappraisal of the 1887 Ligurian earthquake (western Mediterranean) from macroseismicity, active tectonics and tsunami modelling

L Christophe, O Scotti… - Geophysical Journal …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Early in the morning of 1887 February 23, a damaging earthquake hit the towns along the
Italian and French Riviera. The earthquake was followed by a tsunami with a maximum run …

Frequency and triggering of small-scale submarine landslides on decadal timescales: analysis of 4D bathymetric data from the continental slope offshore Nice (France …

M Kelner, S Migeon, E Tric, F Couboulex, A Dano… - Marine Geology, 2016 - Elsevier
Time-series bathymetric data acquired from 1967 to 2011 are used to evaluate the
morphological evolution of the continental shelf and upper continental slope off the city of …

Erosional versus aggradational canyons along a tectonically-active margin: The northeastern Ligurian margin (western Mediterranean Sea)

Q Soulet, S Migeon, C Gorini, JL Rubino, F Raisson… - Marine Geology, 2016 - Elsevier
Submarine canyons are usually described as erosive conduits incising the continental slope
through retrogressive sediment failures and active erosion by gravity flows. Only a few …

Style of Alpine tectonic deformation in the Castellane fold-and-thrust belt (SW Alps, France): Insights from balanced cross-sections

A Jourdon, Y Rolland, C Petit, N Bellahsen - Tectonophysics, 2014 - Elsevier
This study proposes a reappraisal of the role of the basement tectonics in the structuration of
the Alpine foreland, across the Castellane fold-and-thrust belt located in southwestern Alps …

Seismic T Phases in the Western‐Central Mediterranean: Source of Seismic Hazard?

M De Caro, C Montuori, F Frugoni… - Seismological …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Algerian offshore earthquake of 18 March 2021, M w 6.0, was felt by people in various
Italian regions, also at large epicentral distance. This unusual human perception far from the …

Discovery of Messinian canyons and new seismic stratigraphic model, offshore Provence (SE France): Implications for the hydrographic network reconstruction

A Tassy, F Fournier, P Munch, J Borgomano… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2014 - Elsevier
The interpretation of high-resolution 2D marine seismic profiles together with the analysis of
sea-bottom cores allowed a stratigraphic and structural framework of the Provence …