The structure, evolution and symmetry of the magma-poor rifted margins of the North and Central Atlantic: A synthesis

TJ Reston - Tectonophysics, 2009 - Elsevier
Magma-poor rifted margins consistently show extreme crustal thinning accompanied by
normal faulting, the serpentinization of the mantle beneath crust thinned to less than 8±2 km …

Deep structure of the West African continental margin (Congo, Zaïre, Angola), between 5 S and 8 S, from reflection/refraction seismics and gravity data

I Contrucci, L Matias, M Moulin, L Géli… - Geophysical Journal …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
The deep structure of the West African continental margin between 5° S and 8° S was
investigated using vertical reflection and wide-angle reflection/refraction techniques, during …

Plate kinematics of the Western Mediterranean region during the Oligocene and Early Miocene

A Schettino, E Turco - Geophysical Journal International, 2006 - academic.oup.com
The tectonic history of the Western Mediterranean region during the Oligocene and Early
Miocene is illustrated through a series of plate reconstructions, from chron C13n to chron …

Back arc extension, tectonic inheritance, and volcanism in the Ligurian Sea, Western Mediterranean

N Rollet, J Déverchère, MO Beslier, P Guennoc… - …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The Ligurian basin, western Mediterranean Sea, has opened from late Oligocene to early
Miocene times, behind the Apulian subduction zone and partly within the western Alpine …

[图书][B] The TRANSMED Atlas. The Mediterranean Region from Crust to Mantle: The Mediterranean Region from Crust to Mantle: Geological and Geophysical …

W Cavazza - 2004 - books.google.com
The TRANSMED Atlas, consisting of a CD-ROM and a book, provides an updated overview
of the geological and geophysical characteristics of the Mediterranean region by integrating …

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 …

Continental breakup and the dynamics of rifting in back‐arc basins: The Gulf of Lion margin

L Jolivet, C Gorini, J Smit, S Leroy - Tectonics, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Deep seismic profiles and subsidence history of the Gulf of Lion margin reveal an intense
stretching of the distal margin and strong postrift subsidence, despite weak extension of the …

Structure and evolution of a passive margin in a compressive environment: example of the south-western Alps–Ligurian basin junction during the Cenozoic

F Sage, MO Beslier, I Thinon, C Larroque… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2011 - Elsevier
We focus on the northern Ligurian margin, at the geological junction of the subalpine
domain and the Ligurian oceanic basin, in order (1) to identify the location of the southern …

Seismic structure of the Central Tyrrhenian basin: Geophysical constraints on the nature of the main crustal domains

M Prada, V Sallarès, CR Ranero… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In this work we investigate the crustal and tectonic structures of the Central Tyrrhenian back‐
arc basin combining refraction and wide‐angle reflection seismic (WAS), gravity, and …

Multiphased tectonic evolution of the Central Algerian margin from combined wide‐angle and reflection seismic data off Tipaza, Algeria

A Leprêtre, F Klingelhoefer… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The origin of the Algerian margin remains one of the key questions still discussed in the
Western Mediterranean sea, due to the imprecise nature and kinematics of the associated …