In the Quercy basin, the passage from the Liasic marls to the Dogger carbon
ates depends on three interdependent allocyclic factors. The long wavelengt
h allocyclic factor (eustatism) shows a certain uniformity of the variation
s of the accommodation to the basin scale. The regional allocyclic factor (
uplift) gives way to a partial isolation of the platform. The weak waveleng
th allocyclic factor (local tectonics) leads to a parcelling with various b
locks of different scale. (C) 2001 Academie des sciences / Editions scienti
fiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.