The basins and orogens of the Mediterranean region ultimately result from the opening of
oceans during the early break-up of Pangea since the Triassic, and their subsequent …

The composition and stratigraphic relations of clastic strata in diverse sedimentary basins of
the circum-Mediterranean region reflect a complete record of provenance relations since …

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

Summary The Western Mediterranean displays a complex pattern of crustal deformation
distributed along tectonically active belts developed in the framework of slow oblique plate …

The increasing effects of African–Eurasian convergence during the Tertiary resulted in the
uplift and emergence of the Northern and Southern Peri-Tethys platforms …

Using the peri-Mediterranean blueschist belts as a case study we discuss the mechanisms
of syn-orogenic exhumation of high-pressure (HP) and ultra-highpressure (UHP) rocks. The …

The Rif Belt belongs to a much larger orogen, ie the Betic-Rif-Tell orogen, which itself is part
of the still larger Mediterranean Alpine belts (Fig. 5.1; see also Chap. 1.1, Fig. 1.2). The Rif …

Abstract The Betic-Rif arcuate mountain belt (southern Spain, northern Morocco) has been
interpreted as a symmetrical collisional orogen, partly collapsed through convective removal …

Two main groups of geological models presented over the last four decades on the
palaeogeographic, paleotectonic and geodynamic eo-Alpine and neo-Alpine evolution of …

The Atlas domain extends in North Africa (= Maghreb) from the Atlantic (Moroccan Atlas) to
Algeria and the Pelagian Sea (Tunisian Atlas), north of the Saharan platform. On top of a …