Tectonic evolution and global crustal architecture of the European Variscan belt constrained by geophysical data

K Schulmann, JB Edel, JRM Catalán, S Mazur… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The European Variscan belt is a unique orogen that is covered by comprehensive
sets of seismic and potential field data from the Iberian Peninsula in the west to the Polish …

The Mohorovičić discontinuity beneath the continental crust: An overview of seismic constraints

R Carbonell, A Levander, R Kind - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
The seismic signature of the Moho from which geologic and tectonic evolution hypotheses
are derived is to a large degree a result of the seismic methodology which has been used to …

The structure and evolution of the lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary beneath the Atlantic–Mediterranean Transition Region

J Fullea, M Fernàndez, JC Afonso, J Vergés, H Zeyen - Lithos, 2010 - Elsevier
The present-day thermal and compositional 3D structure of the lithosphere beneath the
Atlantic–Mediterranean Transition Region and the lithosphere–asthenosphere interaction …

Finite‐frequency Rayleigh wave tomography of the western Mediterranean: Map** its lithospheric structure

I Palomeras, S Thurner, A Levander… - Geochemistry …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We present a 3‐D shear wave velocity model for the crust and upper mantle of the western
Mediterranean from Rayleigh wave tomography. We analyzed the fundamental mode in the …

Seismic evidence for the presence of Jurassic oceanic crust in the central Gulf of Cadiz (SW Iberian margin)

V Sallarès, A Gailler, MA Gutscher… - Earth and Planetary …, 2011 - Elsevier
We investigate the crustal structure of the SW Iberian margin along a 340km-long refraction
and wide-angle reflection seismic profile crossing from the central Gulf of Cadiz to the …

Seismic and gravity constraints on the nature of the basement in the Africa‐Eurasia plate boundary: New insights for the geodynamic evolution of the SW Iberian …

S Martínez‐Loriente, V Sallarès… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We present a new classification of geological domains at the Africa‐Eurasia plate boundary
off SW Iberia, together with a regional geodynamic reconstruction spanning from the …

Lithospheric structure of I beria and M orocco using finite‐frequency R ayleigh wave tomography from earthquakes and seismic ambient noise

I Palomeras, A Villaseñor, S Thurner… - Geochemistry …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We present a new 3‐D shear velocity model of the western Mediterranean from the
Pyrenees, Spain, to the Atlas Mountains, Morocco, and the estimated crustal and …

[HTML][HTML] Tectonic relationships of Southwest Iberia with the allochthons of Northwest Iberia and the Moroccan Variscides

JF Simancas, A Azor, D Martínez-Poyatos… - Comptes Rendus …, 2009 - Elsevier
The Iberian Massif poses a problem of relationships between its northwestern and southern
parts. Suture terranes (ophiolites and high-pressure rocks) crop out in NW Iberia but only as …

Deformation and structure

A Azor, Í Dias da Silva, J Gómez Barreiro… - The Geology of Iberia: A …, 2019 - Springer
The Variscan deformation in the Iberian Massif is related to the large-scale plate tectonic
scenario that drove to the destruction of the Rheic and other intervening oceans, to finally …

Crust and mantle lithospheric structure of the Iberian Peninsula deduced from potential field modeling and thermal analysis

M Torne, M Fernàndez, J Vergés, C Ayala, MC Salas… - Tectonophysics, 2015 - Elsevier
We investigate the lithospheric structure of the Iberian Peninsula and lateral crustal density
variations using a three-step approach. First the crustal and mantle lithosphere thicknesses …