The Geodynamic Evolution of the Algerian Western Offshore and Its Impact on the Structural Framework and the Hydrocarbon Potential

P05 THE GEODYNAMIC EVOLUTION OF THE ALGERIAN WESTERN OFFSHORE AND ITS IMPACT ON THE STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK AND THE HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL 1- Introduction The Algerian Western offshore belongs to the southern margin of the Western Mediterranean sea. It is located across the Algero-Provençal basin in the east and the South East Alboran basin in the west (fig. 1). 1 L.H. KHEIDRI S. ZIOU and N. ABDELOUAHAB SONATRACH/EXP/DES. Boumerdes. Algeria In spite of the existent seismic data (1969-77) no approach enable us to get a clear structural image and integrated within the general geologic framework of the Western Mediterranean sea. The acquisition