Subduction initiation from the earliest stages to self-sustained subduction: Insights from the analysis of 70 Cenozoic sites

S Lallemand, D Arcay - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
To address the question of the initiation and mechanisms involved in the process of
subduction zone formation, we explored most of the available evidence for the subduction …

Historical and pre-historical tsunamis in the Mediterranean and its connected seas: Geological signatures, generation mechanisms and coastal impacts

GA Papadopoulos, E Gràcia, R Urgeles, V Sallares… - Marine Geology, 2014 - Elsevier
The origin of tsunamis in the Mediterranean region and its connected seas, including the
Marmara Sea, the Black Sea and the SW Iberian Margin in the NE Atlantic Ocean, is …

Large-scale sediment waves and scours on the modern seafloor and their implications for the prevalence of supercritical flows

WO Symons, EJ Sumner, PJ Talling, MJB Cartigny… - Marine Geology, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Large-scale (20 m to 7 km wavelength) bedforms are common on the seafloor, yet
there is a lack of consensus on how they form and thus what to call them. We conducted …

New GPS constraints on active deformation along the Africa–Iberia plate boundary

A Koulali, D Ouazar, A Tahayt, RW King… - Earth and Planetary …, 2011 - Elsevier
We use velocities from 65 continuous stations and 31 survey-mode GPS sites as well as
kinematic modeling to investigate present day deformation along the Africa–Iberia plate …

Are subduction zones invading the Atlantic? Evidence from the southwest Iberia margin

JC Duarte, FM Rosas, P Terrinha, WP Schellart… - …, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Subduction initiation at passive margins plays a central role in the plate tectonics theory.
However, the process by which a passive margin becomes active is not well understood. In …

Holocene earthquake record offshore Portugal (SW Iberia): testing turbidite paleoseismology in a slow-convergence margin

E Gracia, A Vizcaino, C Escutia, A Asioli… - Quaternary Science …, 2010 - Elsevier
The SW margin of the Iberian Peninsula hosts the present-day boundary between the
Eurasian and African Plates. Convergence (4–5mm/yr) is accommodated through a wide …

Formation processes of methane-derived authigenic carbonates from the Gulf of Cadiz

VH Magalhães, LM Pinheiro, MK Ivanov, E Kozlova… - Sedimentary …, 2012 - Elsevier
The Gulf of Cadiz, NE Atlantic, represents an area of extensive formation of methane-derived
authigenic carbonates (MDAC), indicative of fluid seepage. These MDAC, that reach …

Contourites and bottom current reworked sands: Bed facies model and implications

S De Castro, FJ Hernández-Molina… - Marine Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
The differentiation of pure turbidites and contourites from mixed deposits—as the bottom
current reworked sands (BCRS)—in sedimentary cores and outcrops from the modern or …

[图书][B] The Paleogene and Neogene of western Iberia (Portugal): a Cenozoic record in the European Atlantic domain

J Pais, J Pais, PP Cunha, D Pereira, P Legoinha… - 2012 - Springer
The Portuguese mainland, located in western Iberia, represents a key area for
understanding the evolution of the European Atlantic margin during the Cenozoic and the …

The Gibraltar subduction: A decade of new geophysical data

MA Gutscher, S Dominguez, GK Westbrook, P Le Roy… - Tectonophysics, 2012 - Elsevier
The Gibraltar arc, spans a complex portion of the Africa–Eurasia plate boundary marked by
slow oblique convergence and intermediate and deep focus seismicity. The seemingly …