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 …

A review of cretaceous smooth-slopes extensional basins along the Iberia-Eurasia plate boundary: How pre-rift salt controls the modes of continental rifting and mantle …

Y Lagabrielle, R Asti, T Duretz, C Clerc… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
This article points out for the first time a striking correlation between the paleogeography of
Upper Triassic deposits and the mode of crustal stretching around and inside the Northern …

The role of the Bay of Biscay Mesozoic extensional structure in the configuration of the Pyrenean orogen: Constraints from the MARCONI deep seismic reflection …

E Roca, JA Muñoz, O Ferrer, N Ellouz - Tectonics, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Seismic interpretation of the MARCONI deep seismic survey enables recognition of the
upper crustal structure of the eastern part of the Bay of Biscay and the main features of its …

The late jurassic–early cretaceous rifting

J Martín-Chivelet, J López-Gómez, R Aguado… - The Geology of Iberia: A …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract During the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous, Iberia experienced extensional and
transtensional stresses leading to a complex rifting time interval. Africa–America–Europe …

[HTML][HTML] Salt tectonics and controls on halokinetic-sequence development of an exposed deepwater diapir: The Bakio Diapir, Basque-Cantabrian Basin, Pyrenees

E Roca, O Ferrer, MG Rowan, JA Muñoz… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work evaluates growth strata adjacent to the Bakio Diapir in the Basque Pyrenees,
aiming to discuss the application of halokinetic-sequence concepts, mainly developed in …

Reconstruction of the exhumed mantle across the North Iberian Margin by crustal‐scale 3‐D gravity inversion and geological cross section

A Pedrera, J García‐Senz, C Ayala… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Recent models support the view that the Pyrenees were formed after the inversion of a
previously highly extended continental crust that included exhumed upper mantle rocks …

Structurally controlled hydrothermal dolomites in Albian carbonates of the Asón valley, Basque Cantabrian Basin, Northern Spain

MA López-Horgue, E Iriarte, S Schröder… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2010 - Elsevier
Shallow marine carbonate sedimentation dominated during the Albian in the western part of
the Basque Cantabrian Basin in Northern Spain, forming the large Ramales Platform. This …

Palynology of Aptian and upper Albian (Lower Cretaceous) amber-bearing outcrops of the southern margin of the Basque-Cantabrian basin (northern Spain)

E Barrón, D Peyrot, JP Rodríguez-López… - Cretaceous …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Lower Cretaceous deposits of the southern margin of the Basque-Cantabrian
basin (northern Spain) are characterised by continental deposits interbedded with amber …

The deep seismic reflection MARCONI-3 profile: Role of extensional Mesozoic structure during the Pyrenean contractional deformation at the eastern part of the Bay of …

O Ferrer, E Roca, B Benjumea, JA Muñoz… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2008 - Elsevier
The new MARCONI-3 deep seismic profile allows recognition of the upper crustal structure
of the eastern part of the Bay of Biscay and the main features of its Alpine geodynamic …

Late Cretaceous post-rift to convergence in Iberia

J Martín-Chivelet, M Floquet, J García-Senz… - The Geology of Iberia: A …, 2019 - Springer
Major changes occurred in Iberia during the Late Cretaceous. First, the cessation of the
previous rifting episode derived into generalized thermal subsidence in all basins, which in …