Tethys–Atlantic interaction along the Iberia–Africa plate boundary: The Betic–Rif orogenic system

J Vergés, M Fernàndez - Tectonophysics, 2012 - Elsevier
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 …

Provenance and source-to-sink of lower-middle Jurassic sediments from Hinterland mounts to NW-Gondwana hyper-extended passive margin (Prerif sub-domain …

H Kairouani, MN Zaghloul, A Abbassi… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2023 - Elsevier
The present work deals with the provenance of lower-middle Jurassic successions
belonging to the External Prerif Foreland basin, which remains till now misunderstood and …

Tectonic and stratigraphic evolution of the Western Alboran Sea Basin in the last 25 Myrs

D Do Couto, C Gorini, L Jolivet, N Lebret, R Augier… - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Western Alboran Basin (WAB) formation has always been the subject of debate
and considered either as a back-arc or a forearc basin. Stratigraphic analyses of high …

Wealth of P–T–t information in medium-high grade metapelites: Example from the Jubrique Unit of the Betic Cordillera, S Spain

HJ Massonne - Lithos, 2014 - Elsevier
It is demonstrated here that medium-high grade metapsammopelites contain a wealth of
information to derive a well-constrained P–T–t path relevant for the understanding of the …

Extreme extension across Seram and Ambon, eastern Indonesia: evidence for Banda slab rollback

JM Pownall, R Hall, IM Watkinson - Solid Earth, 2013 - se.copernicus.org
The island of Seram, which lies in the northern part of the 180°-curved Banda Arc, has
previously been interpreted as a fold-and-thrust belt formed during arc-continent collision …

Pre-Alpine prograde evolution of the Upper Alpujarride (Betic-Rif belt) reveals a Paleotethys-related collision

A Sánchez-Navas, A Martín-Algarra… - International Geology …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Medium and high grade kyanite-bearing graphitic metapelites of the basement of the Torrox
Unit (Upper Alpujarride, Western Mediterranean) show kyanite-andalusite-kyanite …

Polyphase tectonic evolution of fore‐arc basin related to STEP fault as revealed by seismic reflection data from the Alboran Sea (W‐Mediterranean)

E d'Acremont, M Lafosse, A Rabaute, G Teurquety… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Since the Miocene, the thinned continental crust below the Alboran Sea and its overlying
sedimentary cover have been undergoing deformation caused by both convergence of …

The Beni Bousera peridotite (Rif Belt, Morocco): an oblique-slip low-angle shear zone thinning the subcontinental mantle lithosphere

EC Frets, A Tommasi, CJ Garrido, A Vauchez… - Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Detailed structural and petrological mapping in the Beni Bousera peridotite (Rif Belt,
northern Morocco) shows that this orogenic peridotite massif is composed of four tectono …

Deformation and exhumation of the Ronda peridotite (Spain)

J Précigout, F Gueydan, CJ Garrido, N Cogné… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The Ronda peridotite supplies one of the best objects to document subcontinental mantle
deformation, but its internal deformation and exhumation mechanisms remain controversial …

Oligo‐Miocene thinning of the Beni Bousera peridotites and their Variscan crustal host rocks, Internal Rif, Morocco

F Gueydan, P Pitra, A Afiri, M Poujol, A Essaifi… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Deciphering Variscan versus Alpine history in the Internal Rif system is a key to
constrain the tectonic evolution of the Alboran domain and hence the geodynamics of the …