La présence de Strombus bubonius prouve l'âge tyrihénien du Quaternaire marin du R'mel. Celui-ci, plissé et faillé avec le Pliocène qu'il recouvre en discordance, témoigne de l'existence d'un régime compressif N-S avant, pendant et après le Tyrrhénien.
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