Initial SE-dipping slow subduction of the Ligurian–Tethys lithosphere beneath Africa from
Late Cretaceous to middle Oligocene twisting to a later faster E-dipping subduction of the …

The Betic-Rif arc is one of the smallest and tightest orogenic arcs on Earth, and together with
its extensional hinterland, the Alborán Domain, it formed between two colliding continents …

The western Mediterranean recorded subduction rollback, slab segmentation and
separation. Here we address the questions of what caused Oligocene rollback initiation, and …

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 …

Temporal controls such as sedimentation ages, in foredeep and wedge-top basins,
combined with information about stratigraphic and metamorphic evolution, ages and …

Three crustal-scale sequentially restored cross-sections along the Central External Betic
Cordillera enable us to pinpoint the role of extreme crustal thinning, tectonic inheritance and …

Deep crustal and mantle rocks are exhumed in core complex mode of extension in three
types of structures: metamorphic core complexes, oceanic core complexes and magma poor …

It is unanimously acknowledged that the Corsica‐Sardinia microplate rotated
counterclockwise (CCW) by 40–50° between 21 and 15 Ma, synchronous with Liguro …

The same sense movement on any given fault plane occurs much more frequently
compared to the cases when the sense reverses. Therefore, positive or negative structural …

Surface geology, well data, and seismic profiles confirm the occurrence of an extensive salt
canopy in the western Betic Cordillera. Upper Triassic (Keuper) evaporites were emplaced …