[HTML][HTML] Orogenic architecture of the Mediterranean region and kinematic reconstruction of its tectonic evolution since the Triassic

DJJ Van Hinsbergen, TH Torsvik, SM Schmid… - Gondwana …, 2020 - Elsevier
The basins and orogens of the Mediterranean region ultimately result from the opening of
oceans during the early break-up of Pangea since the Triassic, and their subsequent …

The deep structure of the Alps based on the CIFALPS seismic experiment: A synthesis

MG Malusà, S Guillot, L Zhao, A Paul… - Geochemistry …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The European Alps are the site where classic geologic concepts such as nappe
theory, continental subduction and slab breakoff have been first proposed. However, the …

Ivrea mantle wedge, arc of the Western Alps, and kinematic evolution of the Alps–Apennines orogenic system

SM Schmid, E Kissling, T Diehl… - Swiss Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
The construction of five crustal-scale profiles across the Western Alps and the Ivrea mantle
wedge integrates up-to-date geological and geophysical information and reveals important …

Detailed tectonic reconstructions of the Western Mediterranean region for the last 35 Ma, insights on driving mechanisms

A Romagny, L Jolivet, A Menant… - Bulletin de la …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
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 …

Continuity of the Alpine slab unraveled by high‐resolution P wave tomography

L Zhao, A Paul, MG Malusà, X Xu… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The question of lateral and/or vertical continuity of subducted slabs in active orogens is a hot
topic partly due to poorly resolved tomographic data. The complex slab structure beneath …

Kinematics of the Alpenrhein‐Bodensee graben system in the Central Alps: Oligocene/Miocene transtension due to formation of the Western Alps arc

U Ring, A Gerdes - Tectonics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We report fault slip data from exhumed fault surfaces along the NNE trending Alpenrhein
valley and its intersection with the WNW striking Bodensee Graben near the Alpine thrust …

Contrasting styles of (U) HP rock exhumation along the Cenozoic Adria‐Europe plate boundary (Western Alps, Calabria, Corsica)

MG Malusà, C Faccenna, SL Baldwin… - Geochemistry …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Since the first discovery of ultrahigh pressure (UHP) rocks 30 years ago in the Western Alps,
the mechanisms for exhumation of (U) HP terranes worldwide are still debated. In the …

[HTML][HTML] Concurrence of load-and-flame structures, balls-and-pillows, clastic injectites and shear deformation bands as indicator of seismicity in mixed siliciclastic …

P Mueller, S Tamburelli, N Menegoni, M Perozzo… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2023 - Elsevier
The present research explores a diverse suite of soft sediment deformation structures
(SSDS) combined with clastic dykes and shear deformation bands distributed throughout a …

Reconstructing the Variscan terranes in the Alpine basement: facts and arguments for an Alpidic orocline

M Faure, J Ferrière - Geosciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The existence of pieces of the Variscan belt in the Alpine basement has been acknowledged
for a long time but the correlation of these massifs to the litho-tectonic domains established …

Morpho-structural setting of the Ligurian Sea: the role of structural heritage and neotectonic inversion

D Morelli, M Locatelli, N Corradi, P Cianfarra… - Journal of Marine …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The review of recent bathymetric and geophysical data collected in the framework of several
research and cartographic projects have allowed a detailed reconstruction of the morpho …