TECTONIC AND HIGH-FREQUENCY EUSTATIC CONT ROL ON GEOMETRY AND SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY OF DEPOSITS FROM A PERICRATONIC SHELF - QUATERNARY DEPOSITS OF THE GOLFE-DU-LION (MEDITERRANEAN-SEA, SE FRANCE)

The stratigraphic organisation of Quaternary shelf deposits of the Gol fe du Lion shelf shows that a tectonic control interplays with high fr equency glacioeustatic cycles. The tectonic components, at the same ti me dip and strike, in part control the stacking pattern and the locati on of coastal onlap, depot-centre and incised valleys; there results a subdivision into areas with specific features. A deep structural cont rol and sedimentary readjustment origin are proposed, although the tim ing relative to sea level changes is still uncertain.