IDENTIFICATION OF A TYRRHENIAN COAST ON THE EDGE OF ETANG-DE-BERRE (SOUTH OF FRANCE)

Authors
PROVANSAL M QUINIF Y VERRECCHIA E ARNAUD PM
Citation
M. Provansal et al., IDENTIFICATION OF A TYRRHENIAN COAST ON THE EDGE OF ETANG-DE-BERRE (SOUTH OF FRANCE), Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Mecanique, physique, chimie, astronomie, 320(9), 1995, pp. 867-872
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Mecanique, physique, chimie, astronomie → ACNP
ISSN journal
12518069
Volume
320
Issue
9
Year of publication
1995
Part
2
Pages
867 - 872
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8069(1995)320:9<867:IOATCO>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
For the first time in Provence, a littoral formation is attributed, wi th several isotopic dates, to the Tyrrhenian period. Petrographic anal ysis and microfacies shaw the relative instability of sea-revel during the last interglacial stage. Late tectonic movements are probable.