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 …

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 …

Active deformation in Algeria from continuous GPS measurements

A Bougrine, AK Yelles-Chaouche… - Geophysical Journal …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The present-day kinematics of plate boundary deformation in the western Mediterranean is
now well described by space geodetic measurements, except for the Algeria–Tunisia part of …

Geology of the Ionian Basin and margins: A key to the East Mediterranean geodynamics

J Tugend, N Chamot‐Rooke, S Arsenikos… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We revisit the nature, structure, and evolution of the Ionian Basin and its surrounding
passive margins (Apulia, Eastern Sicily/Malta, and Cyrenaica margins). Relying on …

A new Moho map of the African continent from seismic, topographic, and tectonic data

A Baranov, R Tenzer, FEK Ghomsi - Gondwana Research, 2023 - Elsevier
We use seismic surveys (853 stations and 79 seismic profiles) to compile a new continental
Moho model of the African continent of which 90% is formed by the Precambrian crust. The …

The crustal domains of the Alboran Basin (western Mediterranean)

L Gómez de la Peña, CR Ranero, E Gràcia - Tectonics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Alboran Basin in the westernmost Mediterranean hosts the orogenic boundary
between the Iberian and African plates. Although numerous geophysical studies of crustal …

[HTML][HTML] Interplay of positive structural inversion and salt tectonics: The case study of the central Algerian margin, Western Mediterranean

G Travan, V Gaullier, J Déverchère… - Journal of Structural …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Convergence between African and European plates generates compressional
strain, primarily concentrated along the northern African margin. This is testified on the …

Two Cenozoic extensional phases in Mallorca and their bearing on the geodynamic evolution of the western Mediterranean

L Moragues, P Ruano, JM Azañón, CJ Garrido… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We study the structure of the Llevant ranges in Mallorca with special emphasis on the
Cenozoic extensional evolution of the island, which we integrate in a new geodynamic …

Metamorphic Domes in Northern Tunisia: Exhuming the Roots of Nappe Belts by Widespread Post‐Subduction Delamination in the Western Mediterranean

G Booth Rea, S Gaidi, F Melki, W Marzougui… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cenozoic extension in the Western Mediterranean has been related to the dynamics of back‐
arc domains. Although, in most of its orogenic belts extension propagated into the fore‐arc …

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 …