THE IVORY COAST-GHANA TRANSFORM MARGIN - PRELIMINARY-RESULTS FROM THEEQUANAUTE CRUISE (JUNE 1992)

Authors
MASCLE J GUIRAUD M BASILE C BENKHELIL J BOUILLIN JP COUSIN M MASCLE G
Citation
J. Mascle et al., THE IVORY COAST-GHANA TRANSFORM MARGIN - PRELIMINARY-RESULTS FROM THEEQUANAUTE CRUISE (JUNE 1992), Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 2, Mecanique, physique, chimie, sciences de l'univers, sciences de la terre, 316(9), 1993, pp. 1255-1261
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 2, Mecanique, physique, chimie, sciences de l'univers, sciences de la terre → ACNP
ISSN journal
07644450
Volume
316
Issue
9
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1255 - 1261
Database
ISI
SICI code
0764-4450(1993)316:9<1255:TICTM->2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Preliminary study of samples and video tapes from the Equanaute cruise (June 1992), collected along the southern slope of the Ivory Coast-Gh ana continental margin characterizes a specific lithology and an inten se brittle deformation of the sedimentary cover of deltaic origin and probable Early Cretaceous age. Initial analysis of observed compressiv e structures implies that the Ivory Coast-Ghana ridge corresponds to a fractured sedimentary wedge associated with a major dextral NE-SW str ike-slip motion, active during the Early Cretaceous times.