the maximum of sedimentation rate in this period was reached during
the Palaeocene (~3.2 103 km3/Myr). The second period (T9) was
recorded during the Middle Eocene (~3.9 103 km3/Myr), and the
third one (T12) was recorded during the Miocene (~2.5 103 km3/
Myr; Fig. 6).