Tectonic units of the Alpine collision zone between Eastern Alps and western Turkey

SM Schmid, B Fügenschuh, A Kounov, L Maţenco… - Gondwana …, 2020 - Elsevier
We present a map that correlates tectonic units between Alps and western Turkey
accompanied by a text providing access to literature data, explaining the concepts used for …

Atlas of zircon textures

F Corfu, JM Hanchar… - … in mineralogy and …, 2003 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The mineral zircon is extremely variable both in terms of external morphology and internal
textures. These features reflect the geologic history of the mineral, especially the relevant …

Cenozoic geodynamic evolution of the Aegean

L Jolivet, JP Brun - International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2010 - Springer
The Aegean region is a concentrate of the main geodynamic processes that shaped the
Mediterranean region: oceanic and continental subduction, mountain building, high …

Zircon formation during fluid circulation in eclogites (Monviso, Western Alps): implications for Zr and Hf budget in subduction zones

D Rubatto, J Hermann - Geochimica et Cosmochimica acta, 2003 - Elsevier
The zircons from an eclogite and an enclosed eclogite-facies vein from the Monviso
ophiolite (Western Alps) display contrasting chemical and morphologic features and …

Zircons from Syros, Cyclades, Greece—recrystallization and mobilization of zircon during high-pressure metamorphism

F Tomaschek, AK Kennedy, IM Villa, M Lagos… - Journal of …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Zircons were studied from high-pressure/low-temperature metamorphosed meta-igneous
lithologies from Syros. These rocks carry several zircon generations related to each other by …

[PDF][PDF] Subduction tectonics and exhumation of high-pressure metamorphic rocks in the Mediterranean orogens

L Jolivet, C Faccenna, B Goffe, E Burov… - American Journal of …, 2003 - academia.edu
Using the peri-Mediterranean blueschist belts as a case study we discuss the mechanisms
of syn-orogenic exhumation of high-pressure (HP) and ultra-highpressure (UHP) rocks. The …

Europe from the Variscan to the Alpine cycles

GM Stampfli, HW Kozur - 2006 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The time span between the Variscan and Alpine cycles is not devoid of any major tectonic
activity, and corresponds to the Cimmerian cycle. Between the Early Permian and Late …

I-type plutonism in a continental back-arc setting: Miocene granitoids and monzonites from the central Aegean Sea, Greece

R Altherr, W Siebel - Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 2002 - Springer
Miocene extension in the Aegean Sea was accompanied by the intrusion of granitoid and
monzonitic magmas at upper crustal levels. With increasing distance from the trench, the …

Subduction and the depth of convection in the Mediterranean mantle

C Faccenna, L Jolivet, C Piromallo… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
We tie together geological data, paleotectonic reconstruction, plate motion, and tomographic
analysis to unravel the history of subduction and back arc extension of the eastern and …

The north cycladic detachment system

L Jolivet, E Lecomte, B Huet, Y Denèle… - Earth and Planetary …, 2010 - Elsevier
Low-angle normal faults accommodate a large part of continental post-orogenic extension.
Besides the intrinsic rheological characteristics of the continental crust that may lead to the …