[HTML][HTML] Cenozoic exhumation in the Mediterranean and the Middle East

R Lanari, A Boutoux, C Faccenna, F Herman… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
We investigate the processes driving spatial-temporal patterns of Cenozoic exhumation in
the Mediterranean and the Middle East by compiling> 7300 published low-temperature …

Retracing the Africa–Eurasia nascent convergent boundary in the Western Mediterranean based on earthquake and GNSS data

A Billi, M Cuffaro, B Orecchio, M Palano, D Presti… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the western Mediterranean, following the intervening continent-continent collision, the
subduction of the Tethyan ocean has progressively come to an end or almost in large …

The Atlas of Morocco: A plume‐assisted orogeny

R Lanari, C Faccenna, C Natali… - Geochemistry …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We explore the connections between crustal shortening, volcanism, and mantle dynamics in
the Atlas of Morocco. In response to compressional forces and strain localization, this …

In situ stress determination based on acoustic image logs and borehole measurements in the In-Adaoui and Bourarhat hydrocarbon fields, Eastern Algeria

R Baouche, S Sen, AE Radwan, A Abd El Aal - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
The study of in situ stress from image logs is a key factor for understanding regional stresses
and the exploitation of hydrocarbon resources. This work presents a comprehensive …

Geodynamic evolution of a wide plate boundary in the Western Mediterranean, near-field versus far-field interactions

L Jolivet, T Baudin, S Calassou… - BSGF-Earth …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The present-day tectonic setting of the Western Mediterranean region, from the Pyrénées to
the Betics and from the Alps to the Atlas, results from a complex 3-D geodynamic evolution …

Tectonic evolution of the western high Atlas of Morocco: oblique convergence, reactivation, and transpression

R Lanari, C Faccenna, MG Fellin, A Essaifi, A Nahid… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The High Atlas of Morocco is a double‐vergent mountain belt developed by
Cenozoic shortening and inversion of a Triassic‐Jurassic rift. The structural setting, the …

Polyphase tectonics, fault kinematics and metallogenic implications at the fringe of a craton (Anti-Atlas, Morocco)

A Aabi, Y Hejja, AN Bba, L Baidder, A Fekkak… - Journal of African Earth …, 2022 - Elsevier
At the northern border of the West African Craton (WAC), the Saghro massif of the Moroccan
Anti-Atlas belt is renowned for its tectonic complexity inherited from Pan-African, Variscan …

Submarine active faults and Morpho-Tectonics around the Iberian margins: seismic and tsunamis hazards

L Somoza, T Medialdea, P Terrinha, A Ramos… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The aim of this work is to make a synthesis at regional scale focused on the geophysical
characterization of submarine faults around the Iberian margin to identify active structures …

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 …

Exploring spatial variations in geomorphic features of a young intracontinental orogenic belt: A case study of the High Atlas range

H Skikra, AV Argyriou, A Soulaimani, K Amrouch - Geomorphology, 2024 - Elsevier
Morphotectonic parameters are sensitive to crustal and/or mantle dynamics, especially in
young convergent margins and contractional orogenic systems. In northwest Africa, the High …