Abstract: International audience; The karstic canyon of Lower Ardehe is located in the Middle Rhone valley, which is directly tributary to the Mediterranean Sea. The Rhone River is emblematic of the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC) impact on landscape morphology. Along the edge of the Saint-Remeze Plateau, the Rhone valley displays four benchmark levels generated by the MSC: the Pre-evaporitic abandonment surface (11), the Messinian erosional surface (2), the Marine/non-marine surface of the Pliocene ria (3) and the Pliocene abandonment surface (4) The st...
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Topics: 
Geomorphology
Paleontology