2002
DOI: 10.1016/s1631-0713(02)01704-2
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Origine des variations latérales des dépôts yprésiens dans la zone des dômes en Tunisie septentrionale

Abstract: Origin of lateral variations of the Ypresian deposits in the dome zone in northern Tunisia. In the Mejez El Bab-Testour area (northern Tunisia), the Early Eocene extension induced block tilting and salt tectonics of the Triassic evaporites. Tectonic events and halokinesis have determined the organization of Ypresian sediments. Diapiric structures have been generated during Cretaceous along the east-west, north-south and NE-SW major faults and emphasised during Lower Eocene. In this region, the Ypresian deposit… Show more

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“…The Cretaceous and Tertiary sedimentary series are truncated by NE-rending faults and lie unconformably over the Triassic rocks. As was observed on site, against the flanks of the diapirs the post-Triassic beds are generally overturned and strongly crushed with a manifest reshuffle of Triassic rocks (Dali 1979;Perthuisot 1981;El Ouardi 2002).…”
Section: Main Geologic Featuresmentioning
confidence: 68%
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“…The Cretaceous and Tertiary sedimentary series are truncated by NE-rending faults and lie unconformably over the Triassic rocks. As was observed on site, against the flanks of the diapirs the post-Triassic beds are generally overturned and strongly crushed with a manifest reshuffle of Triassic rocks (Dali 1979;Perthuisot 1981;El Ouardi 2002).…”
Section: Main Geologic Featuresmentioning
confidence: 68%
“…The Triassic series mostly appears as a strongly deformed, chaotic mass of gypsum, anhydrite and sandstones with thin layers of clay, limestone and dolostones (Perthuisot 1978;El Ouardi 2002) and which the total thickness has been estimated to be more than 1000 m (Perthuisot 1981). The Cretaceous sediments are mainly marly with interbedded limestone members having a considerable thickness (more than 3000 m) within the interdiapiric areas.…”
Section: Main Geologic Featuresmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The Neogene formation is composed of Miocene marls. The Pliocene-Quatenary series shows a conglomeratic beds on the base and of sandy clay ones on the top [35,[41][42][43][44][45][46].…”
Section: Geological Settingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The tectonic movement with vertical component was associated with rising of the Triassic material along a basement opening major faults or fault systems. During Cenomanian period, is a second extensional event that has continued in the study domain [3,14,[29][30][31][32][33][34][35]. The Late Cretaceous extensions affected the whole Northeastern African margin, originating NW-SE to NNW-SSE striking basins [3,14,36].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Les principaux indices de cette phase pyrénéenne se caractérisent, d'une part, par un magmatisme alcalin éocène bien documenté par Laridhi-Ouazaa (1994) et Beji Sassi et al (1996 et, d'autre part, par des variations latérales et verticales de faciès et d'épaisseur des séries éocènes, dues à un contrôle eustatique et/ou tectonique; ces variations sont guidées par des accidents régionaux majeurs N-S, NE-SW et E-W (Erraoui, 1994;El Ouardi, 2002). De même dans le NW de la Tunisie au niveau de «l'unité Adissa/Aïn Draham» ( fig.…”
Section: La Tectonique Pyrénéenneunclassified