A comprehensive and updated compilation of the seismic stratigraphy markers in the Western Mediterranean Sea

The Western Mediterranean Sea is a natural laboratory to address questions about the formation and evolution of continental margins and the relationship between surface and deep processes. The evaporites deposited during the late Miocene’s Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC) strongly impact its sedimentological and geomorphological evolution. Hereafter, we present a compilation of some of the main regional seismic stratigraphic markers throughout the Western Mediterranean Sea. We provide in xyz format (z in second twt) the original, not interpolated, points interpretation of the following horizons: i) Acoustic basement, ii) Base and Top of the MSC salt, also known as Mobile Unit (MU), iii) base Pliocene and iv) Seafloor. The available reflection seismic dataset, coming from a collaboration between French, Spanish, Algerian and Italian research institutes, covers most of the Western Mediterranean sub-basins with the exception of the Ligurian Basin. This compilation is currently the most comprehensive and updated available in literature and provides a useful contribution to the scientific community working in sedimentary, tectonics and geodynamics studies in the Western Mediterranean Sea.
 
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BELLUCCI Massimo (IFREMER, Géosciences Marines, Plouzané, France Univ. Brest, Laboratoire Géosciences Océan, UMR 6538 IUEM - CNRS, Plouzané, France Dipartimento di Matematica e Geoscienze, Università di Trieste, Italy) - PELLEN Romain (Univ. Brest, Laboratoire Géosciences Océan, UMR 6538 IUEM - CNRS, Plouzané, France) - LEROUX Estelle (IFREMER, Géosciences Marines, Plouzané, France) - BACHE Francois (GNS Science, PO Box 30-368, Lower Hutt, New Zealand) - GARCIA Marga (Univ. Barcelona, now at IEO, Cadiz, Spain) - DO COUTO Damien (Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut des Sciences de la Terre de Paris, ISTeP, Paris, France) - RAAD Fadl (Géosciences Montpellier, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Université des Antilles – Bâtiment 22, Université de Montpellier 2, Place E. Bataillon, Montpellier Cedex 05,34095, France) - Blondel Simon (Dipartimento di Matematica e Geoscienze, Università di Trieste, Italy Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale OGS, Trieste, Italy) - RABINEAU Marina (Univ. Brest, Laboratoire Géosciences Océan, UMR 6538 IUEM - CNRS, Plouzané, France) - GORINI Christian (Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut des Sciences de la Terre de Paris, ISTeP, Paris, France) - MOULIN Maryline (IFREMER, Géosciences Marines, Plouzané, France) - MAILLARD Agnes (Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), Observatoire Midi Pyrénées, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, IRD, 14 avenue E. Belin, Toulouse, F-31400, France) - LOFI Johanna (Géosciences Montpellier, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Université des Antilles – Bâtiment 22, Université de Montpellier 2, Place E. Bataillon, Montpellier Cedex 05,34095, France) - DEL BEN Anna (Dipartimento di Matematica e Geoscienze, Università di Trieste, Italy) - CAMERLENGHI Angelo (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale OGS, Trieste, Italy) - POORT Jeffrey (Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut des Sciences de la Terre de Paris, ISTeP, Paris, France) - ASLANIAN Daniel (IFREMER, Géosciences Marines, Plouzané, France) (2021) . A comprehensive and updated compilation of the seismic stratigraphy markers in the Western Mediterranean Sea. https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/seanoe:80128

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2021-04-16
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2024-10-03
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Bellucci Massimo, Pellen Romain, Leroux Estelle, Bache Francois, Garcia Marga, Do Couto Damien, Raad Fadl, Blondel Simon, Rabineau Marina, Gorini Christian, Moulin Maryline, Maillard Agnes, Lofi Johanna, Del Ben Anna, Camerlenghi Angelo, Poort Jeffrey, Aslanian Daniel (2021). A comprehensive and updated compilation of the seismic stratigraphy markers in the Western Mediterranean Sea. SEANOE. https://doi.org/10.17882/80128
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This work was supported by Labex MER (ANR10-LABX-19) and the ISblue project, Interdisciplinary graduate school for the blue planet (ANR-17-EURE-0015) co-funded by a grant from the French government under the program "Investissements d'Avenir" and by a PHD grant awarded to M. Bellucci by the Regional Council of Brittany and IFREMER and prepared at the EDSML doctoral School at UBO (University of Brest) and the University of Trieste. It was further supported by COST-CA15103-MEDSALT program and “Université Franco-Italienne, Programme VINCI 2019”.

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  • Western Mediterranean Sea , Stratigraphic markers , Messinian Salinity Crisis , Marine geology
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  • Salinity , Seismic , Geology , Bathymetry
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Although all data in this archive have been used by the authors, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials.
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Acoustic basement - 400 MB  

Acoustic basement - 400 MB

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Base salt - 89 MB  

Base salt - 89 MB

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Top salt - 81 MB  

Top salt - 81 MB

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Base Plio-Quatenary - 311 MB  

Base Plio-Quatenary - 311 MB

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Seafloor - 552 MB  

Seafloor - 552 MB

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Framework, description and contributions of the seismic stratigraphy compilation - 6 MB  

Framework, description and contributions of the seismic stratigraphy compilation - 6 MB

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2024-10-03
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