Relating collisional kinematics to exhumation processes in the Eastern Alps

CL Rosenberg, S Schneider, A Scharf, A Bertrand… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Based on a review of the surface and deep structure of the Eastern Alps, we link the timing
and the inferred displacement fields to exhumation of upper and lower crustal units of the …

Distribution, style, amount of collisional shortening, and their link to Barrovian metamorphism in the European Alps

CL Rosenberg, N Bellahsen, A Rabaute… - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
We review estimates of collisional shortening along the Alpine Chain and reassess its
amounts, showing that it increases from south to north in the Western Alps, attaining a …

Post‐20 Ma motion of the Adriatic Plate: New constraints from surrounding orogens and implications for crust‐mantle decoupling

E Le Breton, MR Handy, G Molli, K Ustaszewski - Tectonics, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A new kinematic reconstruction that incorporates estimates of post‐20 Ma shortening and
extension in the Apennines, Alps, Dinarides, and Sicily Channel Rift Zone (SCRZ) reveals …

[HTML][HTML] From mountain summits to roots: Crustal structure of the Eastern Alps and Bohemian Massif along longitude 13.3 E

G Hetényi, J Plomerová, I Bianchi, HK Exnerová… - Tectonophysics, 2018 - Elsevier
The crustal structure of the Eastern Alps and adjacent tectonic units investigated in this work
sheds new light on the relationship of surface geology to geodynamic processes operating …

[HTML][HTML] Orogenic lithosphere and slabs in the greater Alpine area–interpretations based on teleseismic P-wave tomography

MR Handy, SM Schmid, M Paffrath, W Friederich… - Solid Earth, 2021 - se.copernicus.org
Based on recent results of AlpArray, we propose a new model of Alpine collision that
involves subduction and detachment of thick (∼ 180 km) European lithosphere. Our …

[HTML][HTML] Inversion of extensional basins parallel and oblique to their boundaries: inferences from analogue models and field observations from the Dolomites Indenter …

AK Sieberer, E Willingshofer, T Klotz, H Ortner… - Solid Earth, 2023 - se.copernicus.org
Polyphase deformation of continental crust is analysed through physical analogue models
for settings wherein platform–basin geometries at passive continental margins are subject to …

Thermo‐Kinematic Evolution of the Eastern European Alps Along the TRANSALP Transect

PR Eizenhöfer, C Glotzbach, J Kley, TA Ehlers - Tectonics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The eastern European Alps are shaped by the indentation of Adria into Europe.
Recent tomography, depicting detached slab fragments, has been interpreted as evidence …

Active seismotectonic deformation in front of the Dolomites indenter, Eastern Alps

F Reiter, C Freudenthaler, H Hausmann, H Ortner… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We use earthquake focal mechanisms to study present‐day deformation and stress in the
western part of the Eastern European Alps. We define the following regions, based on …

[HTML][HTML] Neogene kinematics of the Giudicarie Belt and eastern Southern Alpine orogenic front (northern Italy)

VF Verwater, E Le Breton, MR Handy, V Picotti… - Solid Earth, 2021 - se.copernicus.org
Neogene indentation of the Adriatic plate into Europe led to major modifications of the
Alpine orogenic structures and style of deformation in the Eastern and Southern Alps. The …

Structure and metamorphism of Markam gneiss dome from the eastern Tibetan plateau and its implications for crustal thickening, metamorphism, and exhumation

ZB Zhao, JX Du, FH Liang, C Wu… - Geochemistry …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Gneiss domes developed in the eastern Songpan‐Ganzi Flysch (SGF) belt, located in the
hinterland of the Longmen Shan Thrust belt of the eastern Tibetan Plateau. These domes …