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Influence of basement heterogeneity on the architecture of low subsidence rate Paleozoic intracratonic basins (Reggane, Ahnet, Mouydir and Illizi basins, Hoggar Massif)
Paul Perron
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Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Centre des Sciences de la Terre, UMR CNRS 6282 Biogéosciences, 6 Bd Gabriel, 21000 Dijon, France
Michel Guiraud
Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Centre des Sciences de la Terre, UMR CNRS 6282 Biogéosciences, 6 Bd Gabriel, 21000 Dijon, France
Emmanuelle Vennin
Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Centre des Sciences de la Terre, UMR CNRS 6282 Biogéosciences, 6 Bd Gabriel, 21000 Dijon, France
Isabelle Moretti
ENGIE SA, 1, place Samuel de Champlain, Faubourg de l'Arche, 92930 Paris La Défense, France
Éric Portier
Neptune Energy International S.A., 9-11 Allée de l'Arche – Tour EGEE – 92400 Courbevoie, France
Laetitia Le Pourhiet
Sorbonne Université, CNRS-INSU, Institut des Sciences de la Terre Paris, ISTeP UMR 7193, 75005 Paris, France
Moussa Konaté
Département de Géologie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, BP:10662, Niamey, Niger
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In this paper we present an original multidisciplinary workflow involving various tools (e.g., seismic profiles, satellite images, well logs) and techniques (e.g., photogeology, seismic interpretation, well correlation, geophysics, geochronology, backstripping) as a basis for discussing the potential factors controlling the tectono-stratigraphic architecture within the Palaeozoic intracratonic basins of the Saharan Platform using the Reggane, Ahnet, Mouydir and Illizi basins as examples.
In this paper we present an original multidisciplinary workflow involving various tools (e.g.,...
