Conjugate volcanic passive margins in the austral segment of the South Atlantic–Architecture and development

F Chauvet, F Sapin, L Geoffroy, JC Ringenbach… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The thorough interpretation of the South Atlantic long offset seismic lines provides a new
view of the magmatic and crustal architecture and of the evolution of the conjugate volcanic …

The Mesozoic Iberia-Eurasia diffuse plate boundary: A wide domain of distributed transtensional deformation progressively focusing along the North Pyrenean Zone

R Asti, N Saspiturry, P Angrand - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Plate kinematic reconstructions available for the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous eastward
drift and counterclockwise rotation of the Iberian plate imply a major left-lateral motion of …

Rifted margins classification and forcing parameters

F Sapin, JC Ringenbach, C Clerc - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Rifted margins are the result of the successful process of thinning and breakup of the
continental lithosphere leading to the formation of new oceanic lithosphere. Observations on …

Kinematic evolution of the southern North Atlantic: Implications for the formation of hyperextended rift systems

M Nirrengarten, G Manatschal, J Tugend, N Kusznir… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We focus on the southern North Atlantic rifted margins to investigate the partitioning and
propagation of deformation in hyperextended rift systems using plate kinematic modeling …

Reappraisal of the magma-rich versus magma-poor rifted margin archetypes

J Tugend, M Gillard, G Manatschal… - Geological Society …, 2020 - lyellcollection.org
Rifted margins are commonly defined as magma-poor or magma-rich archetypes based on
their morphology. We re-examine the prevailing model inferred from this classification that …

Evolution of the Alpine orogenic belts in the Western Mediterranean region as resolved by the kinematics of the Europe-Africa diffuse plate boundary

P Angrand, F Mouthereau - BSGF-Earth Sciences …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The West European collisional Alpine belts are the result of the inversion, initiated
in the middle Cretaceous, of the complex western Neotethys and the Atlantic continental rift …

Extension modes and breakup processes of the southeast China-Northwest Palawan conjugate rifted margins

M Nirrengarten, G Mohn, NJ Kusznir, F Sapin… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2020 - Elsevier
Our understanding of continent-ocean transition structures and magmatism in the absence
of excessive magmatic additions has been guided by the observations and models …

Insights into the crustal‐scale dynamics of a doubly vergent orogen from a quantitative analysis of its forelands: A case study of the Eastern Pyrenees

AR Grool, M Ford, J Vergés, RS Huismans… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In natural doubly vergent orogens, the relationship between the pro‐and retro‐wedges is, as
yet, poorly constrained. We present a detailed tectonostratigraphic study of the retro‐wedge …

Madagascar's escape from A frica: A high‐resolution plate reconstruction for the W estern S omali B asin and implications for supercontinent dispersal

JJJ Phethean, LM Kalnins, J van Hunen… - Geochemistry …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate reconstructions of the dispersal of supercontinent blocks are essential for testing
continental breakup models. Here, we provide a new plate tectonic reconstruction of the …

Unravelling the along-strike variability of the Angola–Gabon rifted margin: a mapping approach

G Péron-Pinvidic, G Manatschal, E Masini… - Geological Society …, 2017 - lyellcollection.org
We summarize here observations from the South Atlantic Angola–Gabon rifted margin. Our
study was based on the interpretation of a selection of deep penetration depth-migrated …