La Crau, histoire Plio-Pléistocène

  • Colomb E
  • Roux M
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Les spectres pétrographiques et minéralogiques de l'ensemble des formations alluviales de la Crau, permettent de distinguer deux principaux épisodes d'épandage conglomératiques. Ils sont séparés par des lambeaux de terrasses bien individualisés. Le 1er cycle (Villafranchien inférieur) correspond à la «Crau d'Arles ou d'Eyguières», équivalente des très hauts niveaux de la Basse-Durance. Le 2ème cycle (Pleistocene supérieur) correspond aux «Crau du Luquier et de Miramas», prolongement des moyennes et basses terrasses duranciennes. L'ancienneté des lambeaux de terrasses intermédiaires atteste que la transition entre les deux cycles s'est produite très tôt dans le Pleistocene et montre la permanence du cours^de la Durance en Crau pendant tout le Quaternaire.On the eastern side of the Rhône delta, the wide pebbly plain of la. Crau spreads, formed by old deposits of the Durance river which flowed, during the Pleistocene, directly into the Mediterranean sea. A se dimen to- logical study of the pebbly formations show that there are two distinct cycles separated by some intermediate deposits. The first cycle, named «Aries pebbly formation» (lower Villafranchian) is the extension of the highest terraces of the lower and middle Durance basin. The second cycle, named «Luquier and Miramas pebbly formations» (upper Pleistocene) is'the continuation of the middle and lower terraces of the Durance. We may think that the transition between the first and the second cycle occurs very early in the Pleistocene. Finally, during all the Pleistocene, the Durance river flowed through la Crau directly into the sea. During the Wurm climax of regression (Wurm III) only, the Durance has been captured by a left bank affluent of the Rhône.

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Colomb, E., & Roux, M. R. (1986). La Crau, histoire Plio-Pléistocène. Méditerranée, 58(3), 31–42. https://doi.org/10.3406/medit.1986.2404

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