Reconstructing the Alps–Carpathians–Dinarides as a key to understanding switches in subduction polarity, slab gaps and surface motion

MR Handy, K Ustaszewski, E Kissling - International Journal of Earth …, 2015 - Springer
Palinspastic map reconstructions and plate motion studies reveal that switches in
subduction polarity and the opening of slab gaps beneath the Alps and Dinarides were …

Unravelling the interaction between tectonic and sedimentary processes during lithospheric thinning in the Alpine Tethys margins

G Mohn, G Manatschal, O Müntener… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Springer
The discovery of exhumed continental mantle and hyper-extended crust in present-day
magma-poor rifted margins is at the origin of a paradigm shift within the research field of …

Anatomy of a subduction complex: Architecture of the Franciscan Complex, California, at multiple length and time scales

J Wakabayashi - International Geology Review, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The Franciscan Complex of California records over 150 million years of continuous E-
dipping subduction that terminated with conversion to a dextral transform plate boundary …

Necking of continental crust in magma‐poor rifted margins: Evidence from the fossil Alpine Tethys margins

G Mohn, G Manatschal, M Beltrando, E Masini… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Studies conducted in present‐day magma‐poor rifted margins reveal that the transition from
weakly thinned continental crust (∼ 30 km) in proximal margins to hyper‐extended crust (≤ …

A type sequence across an ancient magma-poor ocean–continent transition: the example of the western Alpine Tethys ophiolites

G Manatschal, O Müntener - Tectonophysics, 2009 - Elsevier
The ophiolites from the Alpine Tethys are incompatible with the definition of the classical 3-
layered Penrose ophiolite sequence, but they also show features that are inconsistent with …

Hyper-extended crust in the South Atlantic: in search of a model

P Unternehr, G Péron-Pinvidic… - Petroleum …, 2010 - lyellcollection.org
The discovery of giant hydrocarbon reservoirs in the pre-salt sequence of the deep-water
Brazilian rifted margin together with the new acquisition of high-quality reflection and …

From microcontinents to extensional allochthons: witnesses of how continents rift and break apart?

G Péron-Pinvidic, G Manatschal - Petroleum Geoscience, 2010 - lyellcollection.org
The conjunction of high-quality seismic surveys, deep sea drilling, and progress in
numerical modelling has changed the way of thinking about how continents rift and oceans …

Plagioclase peridotites in ocean–continent transitions: refertilized mantle domains generated by melt stagnation in the shallow mantle lithosphere

O Müntener, G Manatschal, L Desmurs… - Journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
The existence of different mantle domains exposed in ocean–continent transition zones
provides a framework for understanding the generation of ultramafic seafloor along magma …

Segmentation and differential post-rift uplift at the Angola margin as recorded by the transform-rifted Benguela and oblique-to-orthogonal-rifted Kwanza basins

M Guiraud, A Buta-Neto, D Quesne - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2010 - Elsevier
We analyse tectonic and sedimentary field and subsurface data for the Angola onshore
margin together with free-air gravity anomaly data for the offshore margin. This enables us to …

Overview of ophiolites and related units in the Late Palaeozoic–Early Cenozoic magmatic and tectonic development of Tethys in the northern part of the Balkan region

A Robertson, S Karamata, K Šarić - Lithos, 2009 - Elsevier
The northern Balkan Peninsula, including Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Croatia and the
Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia, represents an excellent region for the study of …