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Determining the Plio-Quaternary uplift of the southern French Massif Central; a new insight for intraplate orogen dynamics
Oswald Malcles
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Geosciences Montpellier, CNRS and University of Montpellier,
Montpellier, France
Philippe Vernant
Geosciences Montpellier, CNRS and University of Montpellier,
Montpellier, France
Jean Chéry
Geosciences Montpellier, CNRS and University of Montpellier,
Montpellier, France
Pierre Camps
Geosciences Montpellier, CNRS and University of Montpellier,
Montpellier, France
Gaël Cazes
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas
Heights, Australia
Jean-François Ritz
Geosciences Montpellier, CNRS and University of Montpellier,
Montpellier, France
David Fink
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas
Heights, Australia
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Short summary
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.
We aim to better understand the challenging areas that are the intraplate regions using one...
