The Mesozoic Iberia-Eurasia diffuse plate boundary: A wide domain of distributed transtensional deformation progressively focusing along the North Pyrenean Zone

R Asti, N Saspiturry, P Angrand - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Plate kinematic reconstructions available for the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous eastward
drift and counterclockwise rotation of the Iberian plate imply a major left-lateral motion of …

Analogue modelling of basin inversion: a review and future perspectives

F Zwaan, G Schreurs, S Buiter, O Ferrer… - Solid Earth …, 2022 - se.copernicus.org
Basin inversion involves the reversal of subsidence in a basin due to compressional tectonic
forces, leading to uplift of the basin's sedimentary infill. A thorough understanding of basin …

Evolution of the Alpine orogenic belts in the Western Mediterranean region as resolved by the kinematics of the Europe-Africa diffuse plate boundary

P Angrand, F Mouthereau - BSGF-Earth Sciences …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The West European collisional Alpine belts are the result of the inversion, initiated
in the middle Cretaceous, of the complex western Neotethys and the Atlantic continental rift …

Paleomagnetic Evidence for Pre‐21 Ma Independent Drift of South Sardinia From North Sardinia‐Corsica:“Greater Iberia” Versus Europe

G Siravo, F Speranza, M Mattei - Tectonics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
It is unanimously acknowledged that the Corsica‐Sardinia microplate rotated
counterclockwise (CCW) by 40–50° between 21 and 15 Ma, synchronous with Liguro …

Reconstructing the Iberian salt‐bearing rifted margin of the Southern Pyrenees: Insights from the Organyà Basin

G Casini, J Vergés, P Drzewiecki, M Ford, D Cruset… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Reinterpretation of the Organyà Basin, based on new detailed field observations and
subsurface data, emphasizes the key contribution of Upper Triassic evaporites in the tectono …

Geodynamic evolution of a wide plate boundary in the Western Mediterranean, near-field versus far-field interactions

L Jolivet, T Baudin, S Calassou… - BSGF-Earth …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The present-day tectonic setting of the Western Mediterranean region, from the Pyrénées to
the Betics and from the Alps to the Atlas, results from a complex 3-D geodynamic evolution …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of a low convergence collisional orogen: a review of Pyrenean orogenesis

M Ford, E Masini, J Vergés, R Pik… - Bulletin de la …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Pyrenees is a collisional orogen built by inversion of an immature rift system during
convergence of the Iberian and European plates from Late Cretaceous to late Cenozoic. The …

The syn‐rift tectono‐stratigraphic record of rifted margins (Part II): A new model to break through the proximal/distal interpretation frontier

P Chenin, G Manatschal, JF Ghienne, P Chao - Basin Research, 2022 - earthdoc.org
One fundamental lesson from the last decade's research into rifted margins is that
stratigraphic horizons cannot be simply correlated from the proximal into distal domain …

The syn‐rift tectono‐stratigraphic record of rifted margins (Part I): Insights from the Alpine Tethys

G Manatschal, P Chenin, JF Ghienne, C Ribes… - Basin …, 2022 - earthdoc.org
The tectono‐stratigraphic evolution of rift systems is at present poorly understood, especially
the one preceding the onset of oceanic seafloor spreading. Improving our understanding of …

The Rossano–San Nicola Fault Zone evolution impacts the burial and maturation histories of the Crotone Basin, Calabrian Arc, Italy

G Mangano, TM Alves, M Zecchin, D Civile… - Petroleum …, 2023 - earthdoc.org
This work addresses the tectonic significance of a NW–SE-trending strike-slip fault zone in
the Calabrian Arc of southern Italy, the Rossano–San Nicola Fault Zone (RSFZ). High …