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–0
depth [km] 13 7 Pleistocene

Pliocene
(a) time = 310Ma Oligo+Mio
20
0 100 width [km] 200 300
Eocene
–0 Paleocene
depth [km] 13 7 Maastrichtian

(b) time = 260Ma Campanian1
20
0 100 width [km] 200 300 Campanian2
–0
Late-Cretaceous1
depth [km] 13 7 Late-Cretaceous2

Mid-Cretaceous
(c) time = 160Ma
20 Early-Cretaceous2
0 100 width [km] 200 300
Jurassic
–0
depth [km] 7 Paleozoic
Triassic
13
(d) time = 140Ma
20
0 100 width [km] 200 300
–0
depth [km] 13 7

(e) time = 80Ma
20
0 100 width [km] 200 300
–0
depth [km] 13 7

(f) time = 56Ma
20
0 100 width [km] 200 300
–0
depth [km] 13 7

(g) time = 0Ma
20
0 100 width [km] 200 300
Figure 7.37. The sedimentary basin at the beginning and end of the three last rift phases.