Denudation history and palaeogeography of the Pyrenees and their peripheral basins: an 84-million-year geomorphological perspective

M Calvet, Y Gunnell, B Laumonier - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
This review provides a synthesis of the evolution of the Pyrenees since~ 84 Ma and is
uniquely focused on analysing jointly and comparatively its peripheral pro-foreland, retro …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of a low convergence collisional orogen: a review of Pyrenean orogenesis

M Ford, E Masini, J Vergés, R Pik… - Bulletin de la …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Pyrenees is a collisional orogen built by inversion of an immature rift system during
convergence of the Iberian and European plates from Late Cretaceous to late Cenozoic. The …

Evolution of the Alpine orogenic belts in the Western Mediterranean region as resolved by the kinematics of the Europe-Africa diffuse plate boundary

P Angrand, F Mouthereau - BSGF-Earth Sciences …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The West European collisional Alpine belts are the result of the inversion, initiated
in the middle Cretaceous, of the complex western Neotethys and the Atlantic continental rift …

Detailed tectonic reconstructions of the Western Mediterranean region for the last 35 Ma, insights on driving mechanisms

A Romagny, L Jolivet, A Menant… - Bulletin de la …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Slab retreat, slab tearing and interactions of slabs are first-order drivers of the deformation of
the overriding lithosphere. An independent description of the tectonic evolution of the back …

Paleomagnetic Evidence for Pre‐21 Ma Independent Drift of South Sardinia From North Sardinia‐Corsica:“Greater Iberia” Versus Europe

G Siravo, F Speranza, M Mattei - Tectonics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
It is unanimously acknowledged that the Corsica‐Sardinia microplate rotated
counterclockwise (CCW) by 40–50° between 21 and 15 Ma, synchronous with Liguro …

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 …

Ambient‐Noise Wave‐Equation Tomography of the Alps and Ligurian‐Provence Basin

A Nouibat, R Brossier, L Stehly, J Cao… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Taking benefit of the AlpArray temporary network and permanent networks in W‐Europe, we
construct a 3‐D onshore‐offshore velocity model of the crust and upper mantle using …

[HTML][HTML] Transfer zones in Mediterranean back-arc regions and tear faults

L Jolivet, A Menant, V Roche… - Bulletin de la …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Slab tearing induces localized deformations in the overriding plates of subduction zones
and transfer zones accommodating differential retreat in back-arc regions. Because the …

Post-orogenic exhumation in the western Pyrenees: evidence for extension driven by pre-orogenic inheritance

C Fillon, F Mouthereau, S Calassou, R Pik… - Journal of the …, 2021 - lyellcollection.org
We discuss the drivers of the Pyrenean post-orogenic exhumation, including drainage
migration, flexural rebound and tectonic reactivation. We provide new low-temperature …

Late‐orogenic Evolution of the Southern European Variscan Belt Constrained by Fabric Analysis and Dating of the Camarat Granitic Complex and Coeval Felsic …

O Bolle, M Corsini, H Diot, O Laurent, R Melis - Tectonics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Camarat Granitic Complex (CGC), emplaced in the migmatitic Internal Zone of
the Maures–Tanneron Massif (MTM), SE Variscides, consists of the Gigaro granodiorite and …