… stratigraphic models for peripheral foreland basins. We argue that our mechanical understanding
of foreland basins is currently based on the model for pro‐foreland basin types, but that …

… of the foreland basin (Figure 1). We focus on the stratigraphic architecture of the retro-wedge …
The effects of thrust propagation are significant in pro-foreland systems where thrust front …

… time to be implemented into flexure calculations of foreland basins. Based on our results we
… of a pro-foreland basin, a pro-wedge, a retro-wedge, and a retro-foreland basin. These four …

… flow in retroarc settings, and slab-pull in pro-foreland basins. However, it is important that
we recognize the most ubiquitous differences in pro- versus retro-foreland basin settings. …

… foreland stratigraphic records (Sinclair, 1997; Catuneanu, 2004). A single general model for
all foreland basins is … of the larger scale aspects of foreland basin systems, with emphasis on …

… as proarc (or simply pro-) foreland basins, where placed in … (pro-lithosphere) plate, or as
retroarc (retro-) foreland basins, where placed behind the orogenic belt––on the overriding (retro…

… a retro-foreland basin, whereas the SJFB resembles a pro-… a pro-foreland basin, while the
foreland basin on the counterpart should conform to the characteristics of a retro-foreland basin…

… relationship are less numerous in the northern retro-foreland basin (Baby et al. 1988; Razin
1989… between the southern proforeland basin and northern retro-foreland basin is that in the …

… in the North-Pyrenean foreland basin we propose a model of … The studied system is the
retro-foreland of the Pyrenees (Fig. … pro-foreland basin to the south, the South Pyrenean Basin …

… the pro-wedge; (3) the retro-foreland basin should not migrate significantly outward except
in response to sediment loading; (4) its sedimentary fill records the full orogenic history with a …