Creation of a Continental Margin: 3D Reconstruction of the Gulf of Lion Margin following Messinian Erosion

狮子湾提供了一个机会来调查大陆边缘的发展，因为地中海被梅西尼亚式的干涸剥离了。其一，重新建立了与公海的连接，沿该边缘沉积了具有特征斜面形态的厚层沉积序列。PIS建议利用大陆架和陆坡的重建作为大陆边缘总体演化的自然实验。他们计划使用现有的数千公里的MCS轮廓来构建狮子湾地区的3D图像。他们将使用反向剥离技术逐层记录利润率是如何以3D形式发展的，这将使他们能够了解利润率增长所涉及的过程。

The Gulf of Lions presents an opportunity to investigate the development of a continental margin after it had been stripped bare, by the Messinian desiccation of the Mediterranean. One the connection to the open sea was reestablished thick sedimentary sequences with characteristic clinoform morphology were deposited along this margin. PIs propose to use the re-establishment of the continental shelf and slope as a natural experiment for how continental margins evolve in general. They plan to build a 3D picture of the Gulf of Lion region using several thousand km of existing MCS profiles. They will use back-stripping techniques to document layer by layer how the margin developed in 3D, which will allow them to understand the processes involved in the margin growth.