Geodynamics of the France Southeast Basin: importance of gravity tectonics

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Research Article| November 01, 2010 Geodynamics of the France Southeast Basin: importance of gravity tectonics Xavier Le Pichon; Xavier Le Pichon Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Claude Rangin Claude Rangin Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France (2010) 181 (6): 476. https://doi.org/10.2113/gssgfbull.181.6.476 Article history first online: 03 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Xavier Le Pichon, Claude Rangin; Geodynamics of the France Southeast Basin: importance of gravity tectonics. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 2010;; 181 (6): 476. doi: https://doi.org/10.2113/gssgfbull.181.6.476 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyBulletin de la Société Géologique de France Search Advanced Search By the beginning of Triassic, the 140 by 200 km Southeast Basin, in southeastern France, started to rapidly subside accumulating up to 4 km of Triassic sediment including a considerable amount of evaporites. During Jurassic and Cretaceous, the subsidence continued and the total sedimentary cover today exceeds 12 km. The deeply buried Triassic evaporites are hot and consequently highly fluid. The sedimentary cover should be thus decoupled from the basement and one should expect that the tectonics affecting the basin, including the present seismogenic tectonics, be thin-skinned, on top of a level of decollement coinciding with the Triassic evaporites. It... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.