A review of the crustal architecture and related pre-salt oil/gas objectives of the eastern Maghreb Atlas and Tell: need for deep seismic reflection profiling

S Khomsi, F Roure, M Khelil, R Mezni, O Echihi - Tectonophysics, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Atlas and Tell domains constitute a major segment of the Circum-
Mediterranean Alpine fold and thrust belts in the Maghreban part of North Africa. South of …

Paleozoic oil/gas shale reservoirs in southern Tunisia: an overview

M Soua - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2014 - Elsevier
During these last years, considerable attention has been given to unconventional oil and
gas shale in northern Africa where the most productive Paleozoic basins are located (eg …

The Late Eocene and Late Miocene fronts of the Atlas Belt in eastern Maghreb: integration in the geodynamic evolution of the Mediterranean Domain

S Khomsi, DF de Lamotte, M Bédir, O Echihi - Arabian Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Regional cross sections at the scale of the eastern Maghreb based on subsurface and field
data allow presenting the structural styles related to the Middle-Late Eocene compressional …

Groundwater salinization processes in shallow coastal aquifer of Djeffara plain of Medenine, Southeastern Tunisia

R Trabelsi, K Abid, K Zouari, H Yahyaoui - Environmental Earth Sciences, 2012 - Springer
Urban and industrial development and the expansion of irrigated agriculture have led to a
drastic increase in the exploitation of groundwater resources. The over-exploitation of …

Late Triassic–early Jurassic block tilting along E–W faults, in southern Tunisia: New interpretation of the Tebaga of Medenine

C Raulin, DF de Lamotte, S Bouaziz, S Khomsi… - Journal of African Earth …, 2011 - Elsevier
Abstract The Tebaga of Medenine is a puzzling structure situated at the northern edge of the
Jeffara plain in southern Tunisia. It presents the unique outcropping marine Permian …

Analogue modeling of the role of salt in the structuration of thin-skinned pull-apart basins: The case study of El Hamma basin, Central Tunisia

M Boussarsar, BC Vendeville, C Abbes… - Journal of Structural …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pull-apart basins are structurally complex features that typically form in between two laterally
offset strike-slip zones. The vast majority of analogue experiments on the formation of this …

Quartz grain microtextures of Holocene Sebkhas sediments in southeast Tunisia: implications for sedimentary processes and depositional environments

MB Ameur, H Omar, S Masmoudi, C Yaich - Journal of African Earth …, 2024 - Elsevier
Detrital quartz grains extracted from sebkha sediments in southeastern Tunisia underwent
scanning electron microscopy analysis to identify sediment sources and assess the …

Hydro-geochemical processes in the Complexe Terminal aquifer of southern Tunisia: An integrated investigation based on geochemical and multivariate statistical …

FH Ammar, N Chkir, K Zouari, B Hamelin… - Journal of African Earth …, 2014 - Elsevier
Hydrochemical data from a total of 104 groundwater samples were used to investigate the
main factors and mechanisms that control the chemistry of groundwaters in the Complexe …

Synsedimentary-tectonic, soft-sediment deformation and volcanism in the rifted Tethyan margin from the Upper Triassic–Middle Jurassic deep-water carbonates in …

L Basilone, G Lena, M Gasparo-Morticelli - Sedimentary Geology, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Pizzo Lupo section (Sicanian Mts, central Sicily) is an Upper Triassic–Lower
Jurassic condensed deep-water succession, where the relationships among …

Regionalization of natural recharge zones using analytical hierarchy process in an arid hydrologic basin: A contribution for managed aquifer recharge

I Mezni, H Chihi, MA Hammami, H Gabtni… - Natural Resources …, 2022 - Springer
In this paper, geographic information system, remote sensing and geostatistics were used to
regionalize the potential natural aquifer recharge, especially in areas where data are scarce …