Denudation history and palaeogeography of the Pyrenees and their peripheral basins: an 84-million-year geomorphological perspective

M Calvet, Y Gunnell, B Laumonier - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
This review provides a synthesis of the evolution of the Pyrenees since~ 84 Ma and is
uniquely focused on analysing jointly and comparatively its peripheral pro-foreland, retro …

Active Tectonics of the Pyrenees: A review.

P Lacan, M Ortuño Candela - Journal Of Iberian Geology, 2012, vol …, 2012 - diposit.ub.edu
The Pyrenees have experienced at least seven earthquakes with magnitude M> 5 in the last
400 years. During the last decades, several seismotectonic, neotectonic and …

Peneplain formation in southern Tibet predates the India-Asia collision and plateau uplift

R Hetzel, I Dunkl, V Haider, M Strobl… - …, 2011 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The uplift history of Tibet is crucial for understanding the geodynamic and paleoclimatologic
evolution of Asia; however, it remains controversial whether Tibet attained its high elevation …

The non-cylindrical crustal architecture of the Pyrenees

S Chevrot, M Sylvander, J Diaz, R Martin… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
We exploit the data from five seismic transects deployed across the Pyrenees to characterize
the deep architecture of this collisional orogen. We map the main seismic interfaces beneath …

[PDF][PDF] Stratigraphic landscape analysis, thermochronology and the episodic development of elevated, passive continental margins

PF Green, K Lidmar-Bergström, P Japsen… - GEUS …, 2013 - researchgate.net
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 30, 150 pp. Page 1 1 GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND BULLETIN 30 • 2013 Stratigraphic landscape …

Low long-term erosion rates in high-energy mountain belts: Insights from thermo-and biochronology in the Eastern Pyrenees

Y Gunnell, M Calvet, S Brichau, A Carter… - Earth and Planetary …, 2009 - Elsevier
We relate the high elevation of flat topography in the Eastern Pyrenees to the resurrection of
a mountain belt which prior to~ 12 Ma was a low-relief landscape, or peneplain, bevelling …

Cirques have growth spurts during deglacial and interglacial periods: Evidence from 10Be and 26Al nuclide inventories in the central and eastern Pyrenees

Y Crest, M Delmas, R Braucher, Y Gunnell, M Calvet… - Geomorphology, 2017 - Elsevier
Cirques are emblematic landforms of alpine landscapes. The statistical distribution of cirque-
floor elevations is used to infer glacial equilibrium-line altitude, and the age of their frontal …

Lithological control on the post-orogenic topography and erosion history of the Pyrenees

T Bernard, HD Sinclair, B Gailleton, SM Mudd… - Earth and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
Numerous studies on active mountain ranges have demonstrated the interaction between
tectonics and climate in shaping topography. Here we explore how variations in rock types …

Large‐scale rock slope failures in the eastern pyrenees: identifying a sparse but significant population in paraglacial and parafluvial contexts

D Jarman, M Calvet, J Corominas… - … Annaler: Series A …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
This first overview of large‐scale rock slope failure (RSF) in the yrenees addresses the
eastern third of the range. Around 30 principal RSFs greater than 0.25 km2 and 20 lesser or …

Terrestrial 10Be and electron spin resonance dating of fluvial terraces quantifies quaternary tectonic uplift gradients in the eastern Pyrenees

M Delmas, M Calvet, Y Gunnell, P Voinchet… - Quaternary Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
The 120 km-longTêt River flows out of the Pyrenees to the Mediterranean. By displaying a
mappable sequence of Quaternary alluvial units between the Pleistocene frontal moraines …