Initial SE-dipping slow subduction of the Ligurian–Tethys lithosphere beneath Africa from
Late Cretaceous to middle Oligocene twisting to a later faster E-dipping subduction of the …

The Betic-Rif arc is one of the smallest and tightest orogenic arcs on Earth, and together with
its extensional hinterland, the Alborán Domain, it formed between two colliding continents …

The western Mediterranean recorded subduction rollback, slab segmentation and
separation. Here we address the questions of what caused Oligocene rollback initiation, and …

Geodetic data support a short-term continental deformation localized in faults bounding
lithospheric blocks. Whether major “faults” observed at the surface affect the lithospheric …

We map the lithospheric structure under the westernmost Mediterranean convergent setting
interpreting P-receiver functions obtained from a dense seismic network. No orogenic root …

What process triggered the Mediterranean Sea restriction remains debated since the
discovery of the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC). Recent hypotheses infer that the MSC …

Three crustal-scale sequentially restored cross-sections along the Central External Betic
Cordillera enable us to pinpoint the role of extreme crustal thinning, tectonic inheritance and …

The lithospheric mantle is intrinsically heterogeneous and anisotropic. These two properties
govern the repartition of deformation, controlling intraplate strain localization and …

Water plays an important role in geological processes. Providing constraints on what may
influence the distribution of aqueous fluids is thus crucial to understanding how water …

Based on more than 4,500 km of new and re-processed multichannel seismic lines, high-
resolution seafloor bathymetry, available well data, and basement dredge samples, we have …