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Between 23°30 and 25°30 Long East, i.e. over a distance of approximately 200 km, the morphology, sedimentary cover and geological structures of the continental margin of Libya have been analysed using swath bathymetry and seismic reflection data recorded during Prismed 2 survey. This segment of the Mesozoic African continental margin of the Mediterranean Sea shows three distinct areas characterized by contrasted morphologies and geologic structures. Such variability is partly explained by differential overthrusting of the Mediterranean ridge over its foreland, the Libyan continental slope, and by incipient continental collision processes. |
