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Synsedimentary Deformation

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Synsedimentary deformation refers to the structural changes and alterations that occur in sedimentary layers during their deposition. This process is influenced by various factors such as tectonic activity, sediment loading, and fluid movement, leading to features like folding, faulting, and slumping within the sediment before it becomes lithified.
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Synsedimentary deformation refers to the structural changes and alterations that occur in sedimentary layers during their deposition. This process is influenced by various factors such as tectonic activity, sediment loading, and fluid movement, leading to features like folding, faulting, and slumping within the sediment before it becomes lithified.

Key research themes

1. How can the modeling and mathematical framework of synsedimentary deformation incorporate multi-scale mechanical behaviors and structured heterogeneities?

This research theme focuses on developing and refining continuum and multiscale mechanical models that capture the complex interactions and deformations occurring synchronously with sedimentation. It involves bridging the microscale beam and fiber behaviors with mesoscale lattice and pantographic structures, as well as integrating structured deformation frameworks that account for submacroscopic slips, separations, and periodic heterogeneous microstructures. These approaches provide predictive, computationally efficient models for understanding deformation within evolving sedimentary environments influenced by heterogeneous materials and internal defects.

Key finding: The paper develops a nonlinear homogenized continuum model for pantographic micro-structured materials composed of interconnected extensible beams undergoing large displacements and deformations. It highlights limitations of... Read more
Key finding: This work provides an integral representation for the relaxed energy of first-order structured deformations in materials exhibiting periodic heterogeneity, describing bulk and interfacial contributions that capture the... Read more
Key finding: By applying structured deformations and dimension reduction both in sequence and simultaneously to thin three-dimensional continua, the authors derive consistent relaxed energy densities accounting for submacroscopic slips,... Read more

2. What computational and mathematical methods optimize deformation transport and morphing relevant to synsedimentary deformation analysis?

This theme explores advanced mathematical techniques for transporting deformations in size-and-shape spaces, morphing three-dimensional bodies through compatible distortions, and modeling complex deformation gradients for understanding morphodynamics. These methodologies are essential for quantifying deformation paths, minimizing deformation energy, and designing stress-free morphing patterns, which collectively improve the interpretation and simulation of synsedimentary deformation in geological materials.

Key finding: The authors introduce a novel 'TPS Direct Transport' procedure that improves the transport of affine and approximately non-affine deformations in size-and-shape spaces by preserving key deformation features more accurately... Read more
Key finding: The paper presents a theoretical framework for designing three-dimensional stress-free morphing in elastic bodies via compatible distortion fields, characterized by a target metric with zero Riemann curvature. This provides a... Read more

3. How do large-scale wave dynamics and strain measurement techniques inform the study and quantification of synsedimentary deformation processes?

This theme involves the physical characterization of deformation as wave phenomena coupled with state-of-the-art measurement techniques for mapping large strains and displacements during synsedimentary deformation. It bridges theoretical wave-based elasticity frameworks with optical and computational methods that track nano- to macro-scale strain fields accurately, facilitating comprehensive real-time monitoring and interpretation of complex deformation within sedimentary settings.

Key finding: The study theorizes that all stages of solid deformation, from elastic to fracture, can be described by wave equations featuring longitudinal restoring forces in elasticity, transverse restoring forces in plasticity... Read more
Key finding: Addressing the challenge of accurately measuring interframe phase variations and strains during compression optical coherence elastography, this work proposes computational strategies to overcome errors caused by supra-pixel... Read more
Key finding: The authors develop and experimentally validate a strain-gauge-based compensation technique to mitigate out-of-plane motion errors in single-camera 2D digital image correlation strain measurements. This improvement enhances... Read more

All papers in Synsedimentary Deformation

The Mid-Cretaceous tectonic ''crisis'' is a classical feature of the tectono-sedimentary evolution of Tunisia. A reappraisal of synsedimentary deformation observed in the Tajerouine and Kasserine areas shows that deformation began in the... more
Syn-sedimentary deformation structures (SSDs) can indicate disturbance caused by autogenic or allogenic processes affecting the depositional system. Such structures are prolific in the Proterozoic shallow marine sediments of Kaladgi... more
The External Zones of the Betic Cordillera are affected by extensional ductile-brittle deformation after the NW verging compressive phase. The preferred direction of extension is between WSW and WNW. South to the Cazorla Arc, this... more
Au terme de ces années de thèse, je tiens à remercier les personnes sans qui cette « aventure » n'aurait pas été possible : mes directeurs de thèse. D'abord Jean-François Lénat, qui a accepté d'être mon directeur de thèse « en chef ». Je... more
Laterally extensive syndepositional deformation features were investigated in the lacustrine Green River Formation (Eocene) across the Piceance Creek and Uinta Basins (Colorado and Utah, USA), specifically in the Mahogany Oil Shale Zone.... more
Three stratigraphical sections from eastern Vourinos (Rhodiani area) to eastern Vermion massifs revealed the same age of the latérite events affecting the serpentinized ophiolite complex after its emplacement on the Pelagonian domain. All... more
La confluence de l'Aube et de la Seine se situe au croisement d'accidents majeurs du socle : faille de Bray-Vittel, faille de Saint Martin-Romilly et prolongation occidentale de celle de Metz. Deux sont connues pour avoir rejoué au moins... more
Granite rocks occur as pebbles within the Parnassos flysch deposits, in the area of Iti (Central Greece). The granites are per aluminous, calcic rocL· with S-type characteristics. Geochemical features reveal that these rocL· are not... more
Some 20 Myr after the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous obduction and collision at the eastern margin of Adria, the eroded Pelagonia (Adria)-Axios/Vardar (oceanic complex) contact collapsed, forming the Kallipetra Basin, described around... more
Quatre affleurements de dépôts tardiglaciaires, étalés sur 3.5 km entre 625 et 550 m d'altitude sur le versant nord de la Vallée du Rhône, dans la région de Sion (Valais, Suisse), sont décrits et interprétés. Trois sont constitués de... more
The Volubilis Neogene basin (Morocco) was part of the South Rif Corridor that connected the Atlantic Ocean with the Mediterranean. This basin recorded the tectonic - sedimentary interactions of a foreland basin subjected to the... more
This paper reports new data on biostratigraphy, stratigraphy and syn-sedimentary deformation of the so-called “Boeotian Flysch” cropping out in key areas in Central Greece (Levadhia, Parnassus, Iti). Because of its age, sedimentary... more
This paper reports new data on biostratigraphy, stratigraphy and syn-sedimentary deformation of the so-called “Boeotian Flysch” cropping out in key areas in Central Greece (Levadhia, Parnassus, Iti). Because of its age, sedimentary... more
The Meso-Hellenic Basin (MHB) is one of the deepest and largest piggyback basins in the world. Filled up with locally 4500 m of gravity-driven deltaic deposits (ranging from shelf to basin floor fans), it can be considered as the best... more
This article appeared in a journal published by Elsevier. The attached copy is furnished to the author for internal non-commercial research and education use, including for instruction at the authors institution and sharing with... more
Les differents mecanismes 2 l'origine de la diversit des s&smites, leur identification dans le Plioche du Sabs de F&s et de Meknb (Maroc) et leur signification tectonique Jean-Claude Plaziata. M'fedal Ahmamoub a URA 723, Processus et... more
The carbonate-platform-complex and the oceanic formations of the central Pelagonian zone of the Hellenides evolved in response to a sequence of plate tectonic episodes of ocean spreading, plate convergence and ophiolite obduction. The... more
This paper reports new data on biostratigraphy, stratigraphy and syn-sedimentary deformation of the so-called “Boeotian Flysch” cropping out in key areas in Central Greece (Levadhia, Parnassus, Iti). Because of its age, sedimentary... more
Syn-sedimentary deformation structures (SSDs) can indicate disturbance caused by autogenic or allogenic processes affecting the depositional system. Such structures are prolific in the Proterozoic shallow marine sediments of Kaladgi... more
This article appeared in a journal published by Elsevier. The attached copy is furnished to the author for internal non-commercial research and education use, including for instruction at the authors institution and sharing with... more
Three stratigraphical sections from eastern Vourinos (Rhodiani area) to eastern Vermion massifs revealed the same age of the latérite events affecting the serpentinized ophiolite complex after its emplacement on the Pelagonian domain. All... more
volcan réunionnais en détail, avec, certes, un arrêt tous les 25 m. Je remercie ensuite Jean Luc Froger qui m'a convaincu de choisir ce sujet. (Et oui Benton c'est quand même un peu toi qui m'a embarqué sur ce bateau !). Ses conseils... more
The Ecoteaux quaternary basin (Vaud, Western Switzerland) is characterized by a sedimentary record of at least three glacial cycles: (1) The Lower Ecoteaux Formation starts with a lodgement till, followed by glaciolacustrine and... more
Within the ophiolitic mélange of the Central Dinaridic Ophiolitic Belt (CDOB) that stretches throughout the Balkans region in SE Europe, a latest Bajocian-early Bathonian radiolarian assemblage was obtained from chert-rich shaly to silty... more
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The Ecoteaux quaternary basin (Vaud, Western Switzerland) is characterized by a sedimentary record of at least three glacial cycles: (1) The Lower Ecoteaux Formation starts with a lodgement till, followed by glaciolacustrine and... more
The Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous sedimentary succession of the Neochorouda Unit lies unconformably on top of the Oreokastro ophiolites of the Vardar/Axios “suture zone” in northern Greece. This succession consists of turbidites and... more
A Jurassic- Cretaceous carbonate succession crops out along the Zyghosti Rema, Kozani (Northern Greece). The substratum consists of the ophiolitic succession of the Vourinos Massif (Pelagonian Domain): serpentinites tectonically overlain... more
The Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous sedimentary succession of the Neochorouda Unit lies unconformably on top of the Oreokastro ophiolites of the Vardar/Axios “suture zone” in northern Greece. This succession consists of turbidites and... more
A Jurassic- Cretaceous carbonate succession crops out along the Zyghosti Rema, Kozani (Northern Greece). The substratum consists of the ophiolitic succession of the Vourinos Massif (Pelagonian Domain): serpentinites tectonically overlain... more
This paper reports new data on biostratigraphy, stratigraphy and syn-sedimentary deformation of the so-called “Boeotian Flysch” cropping out in key areas in Central Greece (Levadhia, Parnassus, Iti). Because of its age, sedimentary... more
Nous decrivons des structures sedimentaires (fentes et structures en bol) observees a proximite du village de Terreti (Calabre, Italie) dans des depots plio-pleistocenes. Leur tres probable lien avec l’intense activite sismique locale et... more
The Meso-Hellenic Basin (MHB) is one of the deepest and largest piggyback basins in the world. Filled up with locally 4500 m of gravity-driven deltaic deposits (ranging from shelf to basin floor fans), it can be considered as the best... more
Lacustrine formations of Late Miocene age in the Prebetic area, SE Spain, show several types of deformational structures that are interpreted as seismites. They are present in both marginal and deep lacustrine facies. Seismites formed in... more
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Pervasive horizons of various kinds of soft-sediment deformation structures were identified in the lacustrine sediments of the Eocene Green River Formation, USA. These features are present in a variety of sediments deposited in paludal... more
Nous décrivons des structures sédimentaires (fentes et structures en bol) observées à proximité du village de Terreti (Calabre, Italie) dans des dépôts plio-pléistocènes. Leur très probable lien avec l'intense activité sismique locale et... more
This paper reports new data on biostratigraphy, stratigraphy and syn-sedimentary deformation of the so-called “Boeotian Flysch” cropping out in key ar- eas in Central Greece (Levadhia, Parnassus, Iti). Because of its age, sedimentary... more
Les vestiges antiques de Rennaz-Noville (Vaud, Suisse) et leur contexte sédimentaire : nouvelles évidences de l’écroulement du Tauredunum, In Archimède. Archéologie et histoire ancienne [En ligne] 7, 2020, p. 176-187. Résumé : Des... more
Alain Orcel:
Analyse archéologique des sédiments. Méthode appliquée à une grande surface (caissons 6 et 7: civilisation de Cortaillod). Die neolithischen Ufersiedlungen von Twann, Band 4 
| Bern 1978

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Brigitta Ammann,
Marcel Joos,
Alain Orcel,
Fritz H. Schweingruber:
Die Profilkolonne X/42. Archäologie, Botanik, Palynologie, Sedimentologie. Die neolithischen Ufersiedlungen von Twann, Band 6
Bern 1980 (vergriffen)
Le lac de Van, dans les montagnes d'Anatolie orientale, ne possède pas d'exutoire naturel. Malgré son volume (604 km 3 ), les amplitudes des variations de son niveau témoignent, depuis 1944, d'une sensibilité élevée aux fluctuations... more
Abstra&--Synsedimcntary soft deformations have disturbed Quaternary lacustrine layered sediments, the 'Argiles du li-i&es' formation. These structures have been investigated in order to characterise their possible seismic arigin. Grain... more
Abstra&--Synsedimcntary soft deformations have disturbed Quaternary lacustrine layered sediments, the 'Argiles du li-i&es' formation. These structures have been investigated in order to characterise their possible seismic arigin. Grain... more
Synsedimentary soft deformations have disturbed Quaternary lacustrine layered sediments, the ‘Argiles du Trièves’ formation. These structures have been investigated in order to characterise their possible seismic origin. Grain size and... more
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