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 …

A tectono-stratigraphic review of continental breakup on intraplate continental margins and its impact on resultant hydrocarbon systems

T Alves, M Fetter, C Busby, R Gontijo, TA Cunha… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Intraplate Continental Margins comprise fully rifted areas of continents and cratons
recording the tectonic events associated with plate breakup and subsequent continental …

[HTML][HTML] Kinematics and extent of the Piemont–Liguria Basin–implications for subduction processes in the Alps

E Le Breton, S Brune, K Ustaszewski, S Zahirovic… - Solid Earth, 2021 - se.copernicus.org
Assessing the size of a former ocean of which only remnants are found in mountain belts is
challenging but crucial to understanding subduction and exhumation processes. Here we …

Kinematic evolution of the southern North Atlantic: Implications for the formation of hyperextended rift systems

M Nirrengarten, G Manatschal, J Tugend, N Kusznir… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We focus on the southern North Atlantic rifted margins to investigate the partitioning and
propagation of deformation in hyperextended rift systems using plate kinematic modeling …

The late jurassic–early cretaceous rifting

J Martín-Chivelet, J López-Gómez, R Aguado… - The Geology of Iberia: A …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract During the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous, Iberia experienced extensional and
transtensional stresses leading to a complex rifting time interval. Africa–America–Europe …

Alpine orogeny: Deformation and structure in the northern Iberian margin (Pyrenees sl)

JA Muñoz - The Geology of Iberia: A Geodynamic Approach …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The Pyrenean Orogenic system formed by the contractional deformation of the
North Iberian margin from late Santonian to Middle Miocene times as a result of the collision …

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 …

Nature and origin of the J‐magnetic anomaly offshore Iberia–Newfoundland: implications for plate reconstructions

M Nirrengarten, G Manatschal, J Tugend… - Terra …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The nature and origin of the J‐magnetic anomaly along the Iberia–Newfoundland margins
are controversial and its validity for plate kinematic reconstructions questioned. At present, it …

Assessing discrepancies between previous plate kinematic models of Mesozoic Iberia and their constraints

N Barnett‐Moore, M Hosseinpour, S Maus - Tectonics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, there are several published end‐member plate models that describe the evolution
of Iberia during the Mesozoic. We review key geological and geophysical data sets …

Quantification and restoration of the pre‐drift extension across the NE Atlantic conjugate margins during the mid‐Permian‐early Cenozoic multi‐rifting phases

MM Abdelmalak, S Gac, JI Faleide, GE Shephard… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The formation of the NE Atlantic conjugate margins is the result of multiple rifting phases
spanning from the Late Paleozoic and culminating in the early Eocene when breakup was …