The kinematic evolution along an offshore regional cross-section was studied by using the forward modelling HCA approach implemented in the software FORC3 (©Salvini - Roma Tre University). This approach consisted in the comparative analysis of the time evolution of the tectonic elements present in the sections (namely salt domes activity and faulting) with the thickness and architecture of the syntectonic sediments. The link between sedimentation and tectonics was carefully replicated during the evolution of the sections from late Cretaceous to recent, and allowed to set the time constraints of the tectonic evolution of the region, together with its velocity and the interaction between salt doming and faulting.

The FORC3 modeling tool allowed to compute along the cross-section a distribution of the expected brittle deformation intensity.