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TI Geology of the Ionian Basin and margins: a key to the East Mediterranean geodynamics
BT 
AF Tugend, J.
   Chamot‐Rooke, N.
   Arsenikos, S.
   Blanpied, C.
   Lamotte, D. Frizon
AS 1:1;2:1;3:1;4:2;5:3;
FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;
C1 Laboratoire de Géologie, CNRS UMR 8538, Ecole normale supérieure, PSL Research University Paris,France
   Sorbonne Université, CNRS‐INSU, Institut des Sciences de la Terre Paris, ISTeP UMR 7193 Paris ,France
   Département Géosciences et EnvironnementUniversité Cergy‐Pontoise Cergy‐Pontoise Cedex, France
C2 ENS, FRANCE
   UNIV PARIS 06, FRANCE
   UNIV CERGY PONTOISE, FRANCE
IF 3.543
TC 26
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00505/61675/65605.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00505/61675/65606.pdf
LA English
DT Article
CR ARCHIMEDE
   PASIPHAE
   PASIPHAE
BO Le Nadir
   Le Noroit
   Jean Charcot
DE ;Ionian Basin;East Mediterranean Basins;short-lived oceanic basin;Neo-Tethys;Central Atlantic
AB We revisit the nature, structure and evolution of the Ionian Basin and its surrounding passive margins (Apulia, Eastern Sicily/Malta, and Cyrenaica margins). Relying on geological observations (wells, dredges and dives) and seismic calibrations from the surrounding platforms and escarpments, we present age correlations for the deepest sedimentary sequences of the Ionian Basin. Two‐ship deep refraction seismic data combined with reprocessed reflection seismic data enable us to identify, characterize and map these thick sedimentary sequences and to present a consistent seismic stratigraphy across the basin. At a larger scale, we present new geological transects illustrating the tectono‐stratigraphic relationships between the Ionian Basin and its surrounding rifted margins. On this basis, we suggest that a Late Triassic‐Early Jurassic rifting preceded the late Early Jurassic to Middle Jurassic formation of the Ionian Basin. The combination of geophysical and geological arguments suggests that the entire deep basin is floored with oceanic crust of normal thickness, but with high seismic velocity in the upper part. Upscaling our results in the framework of the Eastern Mediterranean, we propose that the Ionian Basin represents the remnant of a short‐lived oceanic basin resulting from the interaction between two propagating oceans: the Central Atlantic and the Neo‐Tethys. 
PY 2019
PD AUG
SO Tectonics
SN 0278-7407
PU American Geophysical Union (AGU)
VL 38
IS 8
UT 000497850300006
BP 2668
EP 2702
DI 10.1029/2018TC005472
ID 61675
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