Late Jurassic magmatism in the Ligurian‐Piedmont Ocean constrained by zircon ages of mafic and felsic meta‐intrusives

M de Togni, G Balestro, D Rubatto, D Castelli… - Terra …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Paleogeographic reconstructions show that the Ligurian‐Piedmont Ocean (LPO) was a
relatively narrow oceanic basin but the actual amount of oceanic lithosphere generated and …

Geology of the contact area between the Internal and External Nappe Zone of the Sardinian Variscan Belt (Italy): new insights on the complex polyphase deformation …

A Petroccia, C Montomoli, S Iaccarino, R Carosi - Journal of Maps, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study aims to decipher the structural evolution of a sector of the Nappe Zone in the
Sardinian Variscan Belt. We investigated the Barbagia Thrust between the Meana Sardo …

Alpine structural evolution of the Internal Piedmont Zone in the Upper Viù Valley (Lanzo Valleys Ophiolite, Western Alps)

M De Togni, M Gattiglio, G Balestro, M Roà - … ONLINE DELLA SOCIETÀ …, 2023 - iris.unito.it
New structural data have been collected in the high-pressure meta-ophiolites exposed in the
Lanzo Valleys (ie, the Lanzo Valleys Ophiolite, LVO) and tectonically overlying the …

Structural, lithostratigraphic and thermal features of a Permian lower crust from the Western Italian Alps (Valpelline Series, Valle d'Aosta)

F Caso, A Strambini, M Zucali - Geological Magazine, 2023 - cambridge.org
The Valpelline Series (Dent-Blanche Tectonic System, Western Italian Alps) is a sector of
lower continental crust, which consists of Permian migmatitic metapelite with different …

Geology of the Northern Apennines nappe stack on eastern Elba (Italy): new insights on the Neogene orogenic evolution of the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea

S Papeschi, E Ryan, G Musumeci, F Mazzarini… - Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
We document the tectonic and metamorphic evolution of thrust nappes of the eastern island
of Elba. The area exposes a natural cross section of the Northern Apennines hinterland …

[HTML][HTML] Filling the gap in the UHP metamorphic record of the Liguro-Piemont lower unit: Insights on fluid-mediated formation of atoll garnets

A Maffeis, A Petroccia, S Nerone, F Caso, A Corno… - Lithos, 2025 - Elsevier
This contribution investigates the petrologic evolution of a coesite-glaucophane-bearing
eclogite belonging to the Liguro-Piemont Lower unit of the Western Alps and explores the …

The Memory of a Fault Gouge: An Example from the Simplon Fault Zone (Central Alps)

V Argante, DC Tanner, C Brandes, C von Hagke… - Geosciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Faut gouge forms at the core of the fault as the result of a slip in the upper brittle crust.
Therefore, the deformation mechanisms and conditions under which the fault gouge was …

Secondary Minerals from Minothem Environments in Fragnè Mine (Turin, Italy): Preliminary Results

Y Galliano, C Carbone, V Balestra, D Belmonte… - Minerals, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Fragnè mine, located in the Lanzo valley in the municipality of Chialamberto (Turin,
Piedmont Region), represented the most important regional site for Fe–Cu sulfide …

[PDF][PDF] Tectono-stratigraphic setting and metamorphic evolution of Ligurian-Piedmont Units in the Upper Susa and Chisone Valleys (Western Alps)

A Corno - 2023 - iris.unito.it
Alessandro Borghi is thanked for his omnipresent participation, for the endless hours at the
SEM and his always joyful and enthusiastic approach. I'm partly sorry to have “obliged” …