Structural and tectono-stratigraphic review of the Sicilian orogen and new insights from analogue modeling

M Henriquet, S Dominguez, G Barreca… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Apennines-Sicilian-Maghrebian fold-and-thrust belt originated from the
subduction of the Alpine Tethys and the later collision of drifted continental blocks against …

Exploring machine learning models in predicting irrigation groundwater quality indices for effective decision making in Medjerda River Basin, Tunisia

F Trabelsi, S Bel Hadj Ali - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Over the last years, the global application of machine learning (ML) models in groundwater
quality studies has proved to be a robust alternative tool to produce highly accurate results …

Active faulting geometry and stress pattern near complex strike‐slip systems along the Maghreb region: Constraints on active convergence in the Western …

A Soumaya, N Ben Ayed, M Rajabi, M Meghraoui… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Maghreb region (from Tunisia to Gibraltar) is a key area in the western
Mediterranean to study the active tectonics and stress pattern across the Africa‐Eurasia …

Late Miocene extensional collapse of northern Tunisia

G Booth‐Rea, S Gaidi, F Melki, W Marzougui… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Two orthogonal extensional systems produced the extensional collapse of the Tell and Atlas
thrust belts in northern Tunisia during the Late Miocene to Pliocene in a context of NW‐SE …

Analogue modelling of a salt ridge growth in M'Rhila-Labaied-Trozza fault relay zone, central Tunisia

R Zidi, N Sebai, BC Vendeville, O Ferrer… - Journal of Structural …, 2024 - Elsevier
Tunisia, located in the Northern African margin, was subjected to Late Permian-Early
Cretaceous N–S extension subsequent to Pangea breakup and leading to the Tethyan …

Metamorphic Domes in Northern Tunisia: Exhuming the Roots of Nappe Belts by Widespread Post‐Subduction Delamination in the Western Mediterranean

G Booth Rea, S Gaidi, F Melki, W Marzougui… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cenozoic extension in the Western Mediterranean has been related to the dynamics of back‐
arc domains. Although, in most of its orogenic belts extension propagated into the fore‐arc …

Active tectonics and drainage evolution in the Tunisian Atlas driven by interaction between crustal shortening and mantle dynamics

M Camafort, JV Pérez-Peña, G Booth-Rea, F Melki… - Geomorphology, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Active tectonics in North Africa are fundamentally driven by NW-SE directed slow
convergence between the Nubia and Eurasia plates, leading to a region of thrust and strike …

[HTML][HTML] Metallogenic Evolution Related to Mantle Delamination Under Northern Tunisia

N Jemmali, F Souissi, L Rddad, EJ Carranza… - Minerals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Mineralization processes in the Tell-Atlas of North Africa coincided with magmatism,
extension, and lithospheric rejuvenation during the middle to late Miocene. This review …

Active fault segmentation in Northern Tunisia

S Gaidi, G Booth-Rea, F Melki, W Marzougui… - Journal of Structural …, 2020 - Elsevier
Active shortening structures in Northern Tunisia have developed by tectonic inversion since
the Pliocene, after Late Miocene extensional collapse of the whole region. Restored Plio …

Structural evolution of Cenozoic basins in northeastern Tunisia, in response to sinistral strike-slip movement on the El Alia-Teboursouk Fault

H Bejaoui, T Aïfa, F Melki, F Zargouni - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper resolves the structural complexity of Cenozoic sedimentary basins in
northeastern Tunisia. These basins trend NE-SW to∼ EW, and are bordered by old fracture …