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Articles | Volume 11, issue 1
Articles | Volume 11, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-241-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-241-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 11, issue 1
Research article
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26 Feb 2020
Research article |  | 26 Feb 2020

Determining the Plio-Quaternary uplift of the southern French Massif Central; a new insight for intraplate orogen dynamics

Oswald Malcles, Philippe Vernant, Jean Chéry, Pierre Camps, Gaël Cazes, Jean-François Ritz, and David Fink

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We aim to better understand the challenging areas that are the intraplate regions using one example: the southern French Massif Central and its numerous hundreds of meters deep valleys. We apply a multidisciplinary approach there using geomorphology, geochronology, and numerical modeling. Our dating results show that the canyon incisions are part of the Plio-Quaternary evolution with incision rate of ~ 80 m Ma−1. We propose then that this incision is possible due to an active regional uplift.
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