Dynamics of intra-plate compressional deformation: the Alpine foreland and other examples

PA Ziegler, S Cloetingh, JD van Wees - Tectonophysics, 1995 - Elsevier
Intra-plate compressional structures, such as inverted extensional basins and upthrusted
basement blocks, play an important role in the tectonic framework of the European Alpine …

Cross-propagation of the western Alpine orogen from early to late deformation stages: Evidence from the Internal Zones and implications for restoration

T Dumont, S Schwartz, S Guillot, M Malusa… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The internal zones of the Western Alps arc are derived from an oceanic and continental
subduction wedge developed beneath the Adria plate during its paleogene northward drift …

Burial rates during prograde metamorphism of an ultra-high-pressure terrane: an example from Lago di Cignana, western Alps, Italy

TJ Lapen, CM Johnson, LP Baumgartner… - Earth and Planetary …, 2003 - Elsevier
Estimation of burial rates and duration of prograde metamorphism of ultra-high-pressure
(UHP) rocks (T= 590–630° C, P= 2.7–2.9 GPa) of the Zermatt–Saas ophiolite from Lago di …

Post-Eocene evolution of the North Alpine Foreland Basin and its response to Alpine tectonics

J Kuhlemann, O Kempf - Sedimentary geology, 2002 - Elsevier
The post-flysch (Oligocene–Miocene) palaeogeographic evolution of the entire North Alpine
Foreland Basin (NAFB) between Savoy (France) and Lower Austria is presented in eight …

The relief of the Swiss Alps and adjacent areas and its relation to lithology and structure: topographic analysis from a 250-m DEM

A Kühni, OA Pfiffner - Geomorphology, 2001 - Elsevier
In this paper we discuss the large-scale geomorphological characteristics of the Swiss Alps
based on numerical analysis of a digital elevation model and compare these to an erodibility …

Late Palaeozoic to Triassic evolution of the Turan and Scythian platforms: the pre-history of the Palaeo-Tethyan closure

BA Natal'in, AMC Şengör - Tectonophysics, 2005 - Elsevier
A number of en échelon-arranged, southwest-facing arc fragments of Palaeozoic to Jurassic
ages, sandwiched between two fairly straight east-northeast trending boundaries, constitute …

A new active tectonic model for the construction of the Northern Apennines mountain front near Bologna (Italy)

V Picotti, FJ Pazzaglia - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
We integrate existing and new geologic data [REtreating TRench, Extension, and Accretion
Tectonics (RETREAT project)], particularly on the origin, growth, and activity of the mountain …

A thermomechanical model of exhumation of high pressure (HP) and ultra-high pressure (UHP) metamorphic rocks in Alpine-type collision belts

E Burov, L Jolivet, L Le Pourhiet, A Poliakov - Tectonophysics, 2001 - Elsevier
Using a fully coupled numerical thermomechanical model handling strain localization,
surface processes and ultra-high viscosity contrasts (11 orders of magnitude) we test a …

Post-collisional sediment budget history of the Alps: tectonic versus climatic control

J Kuhlemann, W Frisch, B Székely, I Dunkl… - International Journal of …, 2002 - Springer
Based on the sediment budget of the Eastern, Swiss and Western Alps since the Oligocene
the regional tectonic evolution has been identified as the dominant factor. It is superimposed …

Formation, burial and exhumation of basement nappes at crustal scale: a geometric model based on the Western Swiss-Italian Alps

A Escher, C Beaumont - Journal of structural Geology, 1997 - Elsevier
Information from geological and reflection seismic data from the Western Swiss-Italian Alps,
and from numerical models, is used to build a geometrical model that can explain some of …