# An introduction to Lithosphere dynamics of sedimentary basins - The Circum-Mediterranean basins and analogues

Michel Seranne, Juliette Lamarche, Fabrizio Agosta

► To cite this version:

Michel Seranne, Juliette Lamarche, Fabrizio Agosta. An introduction to Lithosphere dynamics of sedimentary basins - The Circum-Mediterranean basins and analogues. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 2015, 186 (4-5), pp.207-208. 10.2113/gssgbull.186.4-5.207. hal-01218405

HAL Id: hal-01218405

https://hal.science/hal-01218405

Submitted on 19 Dec 2022

HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access
archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci-
entific research documents, whether they are pub-
lished or not. The documents may come from
teaching and research institutions in France or
abroad, or from public or private research centers.

L'archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est
destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents
scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non,
émanant des établissements d'enseignement et de
recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires
publics ou privés.

<figure><img src="image_1.png" /></figure>

Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
# An introduction to Lithosphere dynamics of sedimentary basins –
The Circum-Mediterranean basins and analogues

MICHEL SERANNE<fnref n="1" />, J ULIETTE LAMARCHE<fnref n="2" />
and FABRIZIO AGOSTA<fnref n="3" />

During the past decade, the objective of the Task Force Sedimentary Basins of the International Lithosphere Program (ILP) has been the encouragement of the dialogue among researchers studying the basin fill and the whole lithospheric structure. The ILP 2013 annual meeting of the Task Force Sedimentary Basin held in Marseille (October 14-18th) was aimed at reviewing the current research on the possible links between deep and shallow processes in the Mediterranean region. More than a hundred scientists from academy and industry attended the conference, which involved a two day-long field trip to the Pyrenean and Alpine Forelands of Provence. Research areas represented at the 2013 ILP annual meeting included all disciplines pertaining to geology, geophysics and numerical modeling. In particular, the fifty oral presentations, eleven key note presentations, and seventeen poster presentations were grouped into the following seven thematic sessions: (1) Regional evolution ; (2) Deep structure of the basins and margins ; (3) Architecture dynamics and seismicity ; (4) Subsidence dynamics ; (5) Salt dynamics ; (6) Basins fills and petroleum systems ; (7) Lithosphere dynamics in other basins.

The present volume entitled "Lithosphere dynamics of sedimentary basins: The Circum-Mediterranean basins and analogues" includes 10 of the best contributions of the 2013 ILP annual meeting.

The volume comprises a first set of 5 papers dealing with sedimentary basins involved in fold and thrust belts, from the southwestern Alps to Sicily. **Thum et al.** [2015] trace the source of Late Cretaceous carbonate-dominated flysch basins from the SW Alps, in order to reconstruct the Late Cretaceous paleogeography during the “Pyrenean” orogeny. **Bestani et al.** [2015] analyse the structure and evolution of the Pyrenean-Provence thrust belt that affects the Mesozoic-Paleogene sedimentary cover of south-east France. Moving towards the younger Apennines fold-and-thrust belt, **Cavalcante et al.** [2015] document the kinematics of thrusting, and estimate the nappe overburden in the syn- tec-tonic foreland basin of the southern Apennines. Reprocessing and interpretation of the seismic SI.RI.PRO data across Sicily allow **Valenti et al.** [2015] to analyse the deep crustal structure of the Sicilian fold-and-thrust belt, and to draw the possible geodynamic imbrications. In the same area, **Morticelli et al.** [2015] applied an integrated structural, strati-graphic and sedimentological approach to constrain the Neogene evolution of the foreland basin pertaining to the Sicil-ian fold-and-thrust belt.

The five other contributions analyse the northern and western Mediterranean back-arc basins. Stratigraphic mod-
eling of the Neogene deposits on the Gulf of Lion margin allows **Leroux et al.** [2015] to test the distribution of subsi-
dence. A set of twin papers presents new data and results derived from the SARDINIA seismic experiment, which took
place across the conjugate margins of the Gulf of Lion [**Moulin et al.**, 2015] and west Sardinia [**Afilhado et al.**, 2015].
**Driussi et al.** [2015] provide new results on the Balears and adjacent Algerian oceanic basin, which fuels the long-last-
ing debate on the kinematics of the central-western Mediterranean area. Finally, **Casciello et al.** [2015] provide a syn-
thesis of the geodynamics of the Alboran domain, with an innovative historical point of view on the subduction
roll-back mechanism.

We acknowledge the encouragement of Olivier Lacombe, Editor in Chief of the Bulletin, and the flawless support of Françoise Rangin in technically editing the volume. A special mention is due to the referees of all the papers submit-ted to the volume: their work, although often anonymous, must be acknowledged as the key element for ensuring the quality of the papers published in the present volume, which we hope you will enjoy reading.

<footnote n="1">1. Géosciences Montpellier, CNRS-Université Montpellier, 34090, Montpellier cedex 05 France</footnote>

<footnote n="2">2. Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, CEREGE UM34, 13545 Aix en Provence, France.</footnote>

<footnote n="3">3. Dipartimento di Scienze, Università della Basilicata, Potenza, Italia</footnote>
<figure><img src="image_2.png" /></figure>

References

AFILHADO A., MOULIN M., ASLANIAN D., SCHNÜRLE P., KLINGELHOEFER F., NOUZÉ H., RABINEAU M., LEROUX E. & BESLIER M. O. (2015). – Deep crustal structure across a young passive margin from wide-angle and reflection seismic data (The SARDINIA Experiment) – II. Sardinia’s margin. *In*: M. SERANNE, J. LAMARCHE and F. AGOSTA, Eds, Lithosphere dynamics of sedimentary basins: The Circum-Mediterranean basins and analogues. – *Bull. Soc. géol. Fr.*, **186**, 4-5, 331-351.

BESTANI L., ESPURT N., LAMARCHE J., FLOQUET M., PHILIP J. & BELLIER H. (2015). – Structural style and evolution of the Pyrenean-Provence thrust belt, SE France. *In*: M. SERANNE, J. LAMARCHE and F. AGOSTA, Eds, Lithosphere dynamics of sedimentary basins: The Circum-Mediterranean basins and analogues. – *Bull. Soc. géol. Fr.*, **186**, 4-5, 223-241.

CASCIELLO E., FERNANDEZ M., VERGÉS J., CESARANO M. & TORNÉ M. (2015). – The Alboran domain in the western Mediterranean evolution: the birth of a concept. *In*: M. SERANNE, J. LAMARCHE and F. AGOSTA, Eds, Lithosphere dynamics of sedimentary basins: The Circum-Mediterranean basins and analogues. – *Bull. Soc. géol. Fr.*, **186**, 4-5, 371-384.

CAVALCANTE F., PROSSER G., AGOSTA F., BELVISO C. & GIUSEPPE C. (2015). – Post-depositional history of the Miocene Gorgoglia ne formation (southern Apennines, Italy): inferences from mineralogical and structural analyses. *In*: M. SERANNE, J. LAMARCHE and F. AGOSTA, Eds, Lithosphere dynamics of sedimentary basins: The Circum-Mediterranean basins and analogues. – *Bull. Soc. géol. Fr.*, **186**, 4-5, 243-256.

DRIUSSI O., BRIAIS A. & MAILLARD A. (2015). – Evidence for transform motion along the South Balearic margin and implications for the kinematics of opening of the Algerian basin. *In*: M. SERANNE, J. LAMARCHE and F. AGOSTA, Eds, Lithosphere dynamics of sedimentary basins: The Circum-Mediterranean basins and analogues. – *Bull. Soc. géol. Fr.*, **186**, 4-5, 353-370.

LEROUX E., RABINEAU M., ASLANIAN D., GORINI C., BACHE F., MOULIN M., PELLEN R., GRANJEON D. & RUBINO J.-L. (2015). – Post-rift evolution of the Gulf of Lion margin tested by stratigraphic modeling. *In*: M. SERANNE, J. LAMARCHE and F. AGOSTA, Eds, Lithosphere dynamics of sedimentary basins: The Circum-Mediterranean basins and analogues. – *Bull. Soc. géol. Fr.*, **186**, 4-5, 291-308.

MORTICELLI G.M., VALENTI V., CATALANO R., SULLI A., AVELLONE G., ALBANESE C., BASILONE L. & GUGLIOTTA C. (2015). – Deep controls on foreland basin system evolution along the Sicilian fold and thrust belt. *In*: M. SERANNE, J. LAMARCHE and F. AGOSTA, Eds, Lithosphere dynamics of sedimentary basins: The Circum-Mediterranean basins and analogues. – *Bull. Soc. géol. Fr.*, **186**, 4-5, 273-290.

MOULIN M., KLINGELHOEFER F., AFILHADO A., ASLANIAN D., SCHNÜRLE P., NOUZÉ H., RABINEAU M., BESLIER M.-O. & FELD A. (2015). – Deep crustal structure across a young passive margin from wide-angle and reflection seismic data (The SARDINIA Experiment) – I. Gulf of Lion’s margin. *In*: M. SERANNE, J. LAMARCHE and F. AGOSTA, Eds, Lithosphere dynamics of sedimentary basins: The Circum-Mediterranean basins and analogues. – *Bull. Soc. géol. Fr.*, **186**, 4-5, 309-330.

THUM L., DE PAOLI R., STAMPFLI G. & MOIX P. (2015). – The Piolit, Pelat and Baiardo Upper Cretaceous flysch formations (western Alps): geodynamic implications at the time of the Pyrenean tectonic phases. *In*: M. SERANNE, J. LAMARCHE and F. AGOSTA, Eds, Lithosphere dynamics of sedimentary basins: The Circum-Mediterranean basins and analogues. – *Bull. Soc. géol. Fr.*, **186**, 4-5, 209-221.

VALENTI V., CATALANO R., PINGSHENG W. & SHUJIANG W. (2015). – Layered lower crust and mantle reflectivity as imaged by a re-processed crustal seismic profile from Sicily in the central Mediterranean. *In*: M. SERANNE, J. LAMARCHE and F. AGOSTA, Eds, Lithosphere dynamics of sedimentary basins: The Circum-Mediterranean basins and analogues. – *Bull. Soc. géol. Fr.*, **186**, 4-5, 257-271.