Tethys–Atlantic interaction along the Iberia–Africa plate boundary: The Betic–Rif orogenic system

J Vergés, M Fernàndez - Tectonophysics, 2012 - Elsevier
Initial SE-dipping slow subduction of the Ligurian–Tethys lithosphere beneath Africa from
Late Cretaceous to middle Oligocene twisting to a later faster E-dipping subduction of the …

[HTML][HTML] Submarine slide blocks and associated soft-sediment deformation in deep-water basins: A review

TM Alves - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) seismic and outcrop data are used to review the
significance of submarine slide blocks and associated soft-sediment deformation structures …

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 …

[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 …

Morphotectonics and strain partitioning at the Iberia–Africa plate boundary from multibeam and seismic reflection data

P Terrinha, L Matias, J Vicente, J Duarte, J Luis… - Marine Geology, 2009 - Elsevier
The Gulf of Cadiz, off SW Iberia and the NW Moroccan margin, straddles the cryptic plate
boundary between Africa and Eurasia, a region where the orogenic Alpine compressive …

Earthquakes in western Iberia: Improving the understanding of lithospheric deformation in a slowly deforming region

S Custódio, NA Dias, F Carrilho… - Geophysical Journal …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Mainland Portugal, on the southwestern edge of the European continent, is located directly
north of the boundary between the Eurasian and Nubian plates. It lies in a region of slow …

Seismic evidence for the presence of Jurassic oceanic crust in the central Gulf of Cadiz (SW Iberian margin)

V Sallarès, A Gailler, MA Gutscher… - Earth and Planetary …, 2011 - Elsevier
We investigate the crustal structure of the SW Iberian margin along a 340km-long refraction
and wide-angle reflection seismic profile crossing from the central Gulf of Cadiz to the …

Subduction orogeny and the Late Cenozoic evolution of the Mediterranean Arcs

L Royden, C Faccenna - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
The Late Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Mediterranean region, which is sandwiched
between the converging African and European continents, is dominated by the process of …

Active tectonics of the Calabrian subduction revealed by new multi-beam bathymetric data and high-resolution seismic profiles in the Ionian Sea (Central …

MA Gutscher, H Kopp, S Krastel, G Bohrmann… - Earth and Planetary …, 2017 - Elsevier
The detailed morphology and internal structure of the Calabrian accretionary wedge and
adjacent Eastern Sicily margin are imaged in unprecedented detail by a combined dataset …

Clues for a Tortonian reconstruction of the Gibraltar Arc: Structural pattern, deformation diachronism and block rotations

A Crespo-Blanc, M Comas, JC Balanyá - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
We proposed a reconstruction of one of the tightest orogenic arcs on Earth: the Gibraltar Arc
System. This reconstruction, which includes onshore and offshore data, is completed for …