Abstract
IT has been suggested1,2 that the Ligurian Sea was formed by the Corsica–Sardinia block drifting away from the south of Provence, during the Oligocene or the Miocene. These suggestions take no account of sub-sea floor structures.
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LEENHARDT, O., PIERROT, S., REBUFFATTI, A. et al. Sub-Sea Floor Structure south of France. Nature 226, 930–932 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/226930a0
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