Subduction of oceanic lithosphere in the Alps: Selective and archetypal from (slow-spreading) oceans

P Agard - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
The Alps are amongst the best subduction archives in the world, with abundant blueschists
and eclogites preserving fragments of mantle, gabbros, thinned continental margin and …

Mapping the nature of mantle domains in Western and Central Europe based on clinopyroxene and spinel chemistry: Evidence for mantle modification during an …

S Picazo, O Müntener, G Manatschal, A Bauville… - Lithos, 2016 - Elsevier
Systematic differences in mineral composition of mantle peridotites are observed in
ophiolites and peridotitic bodies from the Alpine Tethys, the Pyrenean domain, the Dinarides …

Subduction initiation without magmatism: The case of the missing Alpine magmatic arc

A McCarthy, C Chelle-Michou, O Müntener… - …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Models of orogens identify subduction of oceanic crust as the key mechanism
leading to continental collision. Such models, based inter alia on thermobarometric and …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of the architecture of magma-poor hyperextended rifted margins on orogens produced by the closure of narrow versus wide oceans

P Chenin, G Manatschal, S Picazo… - …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Orogens resulting from the closure of narrow oceans, such as the Alps or the Pyrenees,
usually lack voluminous synsubduction and synorogenic magmatism. Such orogenies are …

Role of ancient, ultra-depleted mantle in Mid-Ocean-Ridge magmatism

A Sanfilippo, V Salters, R Tribuzio, A Zanetti - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
There is debate to what degree mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORB) can be used to infer the
composition of the sub-ridge mantle and whether the upper mantle contains components …

The syn‐rift tectono‐stratigraphic record of rifted margins (Part I): Insights from the Alpine Tethys

G Manatschal, P Chenin, JF Ghienne, C Ribes… - Basin …, 2022 - earthdoc.org
The tectono‐stratigraphic evolution of rift systems is at present poorly understood, especially
the one preceding the onset of oceanic seafloor spreading. Improving our understanding of …

[HTML][HTML] Reconsideration of Neo-Tethys evolution constrained from the nature of the Dazhuqu ophiolitic mantle, southern Tibet

T Liu, FY Wu, CZ Liu, C Zhang, WB Ji, Y Xu - Contributions to Mineralogy …, 2019 - Springer
The nature (ie, sub-oceanic, sub-arc or sub-continental) of ophiolitic mantle peridotites from
the eastern Neo-Tethyan domain in southern Tibet has been hotly debated. This uncertainty …

What drives A lpine T ethys opening? Clues from the review of geological data and model predictions

M Roda, A Regorda, MI Spalla… - Geological Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Permo‐Triassic remnants (300–220 Ma) of high‐temperature metamorphism associated
with large gabbro bodies occur in the Alps and indicate a high thermal regime compatible …

[HTML][HTML] Heterogeneous mantle beneath the Neo-Tethys Ocean revealed by ultramafic rocks from the Xiugugabu Ophiolite in the Yarlung-Tsangpo Suture Zone …

C Zhang, CZ Liu, A Bénard, O Müntener, WB Ji… - … to Mineralogy and …, 2023 - Springer
Ultramafic rocks of the Yarlung-Tsangpo ophiolites (lherzolites, harzburgites, dunites and
pyroxenites) have been interpreted as lithospheric mantle relics of the Cretaceous Neo …

Cenozoic mountain building and topographic evolution in Western Europe: impact of billions of years of lithosphere evolution and plate kinematics

F Mouthereau, P Angrand… - BSGF-Earth …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The architecture and tectono-magmatic evolution of the lithosphere of Europe are the result
of a succession of subduction, rifting and inputs from plumes that have modified the …