The evolution of the westernmost Mediterranean basins

LG de la Peña, CR Ranero, E Gràcia… - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Based on more than 4,500 km of new and re-processed multichannel seismic lines, high-
resolution seafloor bathymetry, available well data, and basement dredge samples, we have …

Age refinement of the Messinian salinity crisis onset in the Mediterranean

V Manzi, R Gennari, F Hilgen, W Krijgsman… - Terra …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We propose a revised age calibration of the Messinian salinity crisis onset in the
Mediterranean at 5.971 Ma based on the recognition of an extra gypsum cycle in the …

Submarine landslides of the Mediterranean Sea: Trigger mechanisms, dynamics, and frequency‐magnitude distribution

R Urgeles, A Camerlenghi - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Submarine landslides are ubiquitous along Mediterranean continental margins. With the aim
of understanding mass‐wasting processes and related hazard at the scale of a large marine …

Miocene–Quaternary tectonic, kinematic and sedimentary evolution of the eastern Mediterranean Sea: A regional synthesis

AE Aksu, J Hall, C Yaltırak - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
The eastern Mediterranean region is in the embryonic stages of continent-to-continent
collision, and has a pristine Miocene–Quaternary tectonic and stratigraphic record which is …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of the gulf of Cadiz margin and southwest Portugal contourite depositional system: Tectonic, sedimentary and paleoceanographic implications from …

FJ Hernández-Molina, FJ Sierro, E Llave, C Roque… - Marine Geology, 2016 - Elsevier
The contourite depositional system (CDS) along the southwestern Iberian Margin (SIM),
within the Gulf of Cadiz and offshore areas of western Portugal bear the unmistakable signal …

Tectonic expression of an active slab tear from high‐resolution seismic and bathymetric data offshore Sicily (Ionian Sea)

MA Gutscher, S Dominguez, BM de Lepinay… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Subduction of a narrow slab of oceanic lithosphere beneath a tightly curved orogenic arc
requires the presence of at least one lithospheric scale tear fault. While the Calabrian …

Extreme Mesozoic crustal thinning in the eastern Iberia margin: The example of the Columbrets Basin (Valencia Trough)

N Etheve, G Mohn, D Frizon de Lamotte, E Roca… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Eastern Iberia preserves a complex succession of Mesozoic rifts partly or completely
inverted during the Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic in relation with Africa‐Eurasia …

Crustal structures and salt tectonics on the margins of the western Algerian Basin (Mediterranean Region)

JI Soto, J Déverchère, MR Hudec, M Medaouri… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
We present an overview of the crustal architecture of the continental margins of the oceanic
Algerian Basin in the westernmost Mediterranean Sea. During the Cenozoic, and with a …

Messinian Salinity Crisis deposits widespread over the Balearic Promontory: Insights from new high-resolution seismic data

O Driussi, A Maillard, D Ochoa, J Lofi, F Chanier… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2015 - Elsevier
The current interpretation of the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC) involves the deposition of
peripheral or marginal evaporites in onshore basins as well as the erosion of the margin and …

Geodynamical framework and hydrocarbon plays of a salt giant: the NW Mediterranean Basin

P Granado, R Urgeles, F Sàbat… - Petroleum …, 2016 - earthdoc.org
The NW Mediterranean Basin developed during the Oligocene–Miocene rifting of the
Eastern Iberian–European magma-poor continental margin. The margin developed as a …