Mareuil Anticline
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The Mareuil Anticline, also called Mareuil-Meyssac Anticline, is a structural high within the sedimentary sequence of the northeastern Aquitaine Basin. The northwest-southeast trending anticline was c
A cross-section through the Mareuil Anticline with vertical exaggeration
The northwestern edge of the Mareuil Anticline. The Turonian (Angoumian) cliff is dipping 35° to the NNE.
Aquitaine Basin
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The Aquitaine Basin is the second largest Mesozoic and Cenozoic sedimentary basin in France after the Paris Basin, occupying a large part of the country's southwestern quadrant. Its surface area cover
Mareuil Anticline
…The Mareuil Anticline, also called Mareuil-Meyssac Anticline, is a structural high within the sedimentary sequence of the northeastern Aquitaine Basin. The northwest-southeast trending anticline was caused by tectonic movements probably starting in the Upper Cretaceous. The anticline was named after…
The Venus of Brassempouy, Upper Paleolithic. The first representation of a human face.
Lower Portlandian micrite from the La Tour-Blanche anticline; east-southeast-west-northwest-oriented strike-slip fault with horizontal slickolites and a calcite-filled pull-apart. Thus the anticline was also affected by transtensional wrenching motions.
Oil pumping station on the Étang de Biscarosse near Parentis-en-Born