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 …

Geodynamic evolution of a wide plate boundary in the Western Mediterranean, near-field versus far-field interactions

L Jolivet, T Baudin, S Calassou… - BSGF-Earth …, 2021‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The present-day tectonic setting of the Western Mediterranean region, from the Pyrénées to
the Betics and from the Alps to the Atlas, results from a complex 3-D geodynamic evolution …

Tectonic and stratigraphic evolution of the Western Alboran Sea Basin in the last 25 Myrs

D Do Couto, C Gorini, L Jolivet, N Lebret, R Augier… - Tectonophysics, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Western Alboran Basin (WAB) formation has always been the subject of debate
and considered either as a back-arc or a forearc basin. Stratigraphic analyses of high …

[HTML][HTML] Transfer zones in Mediterranean back-arc regions and tear faults

L Jolivet, A Menant, V Roche… - Bulletin de la …, 2021‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Slab tearing induces localized deformations in the overriding plates of subduction zones
and transfer zones accommodating differential retreat in back-arc regions. Because the …

Lithological successions of the internal zones and flysch trough units of the betic chain

A Jabaloy Sánchez, A Martín-Algarra… - The Geology of Iberia: A …, 2019‏ - Springer
Mesozoic lithological successions of the Alborán domain record two rifting events. An initial
Triassic rifting stage is characterized by thick stratigraphic successions showing typical …

Two Cenozoic extensional phases in Mallorca and their bearing on the geodynamic evolution of the western Mediterranean

L Moragues, P Ruano, JM Azañón, CJ Garrido… - …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
We study the structure of the Llevant ranges in Mallorca with special emphasis on the
Cenozoic extensional evolution of the island, which we integrate in a new geodynamic …

Exhumation kinematics of the Cycladic Blueschists unit and back‐arc extension, insight from the Southern Cyclades (Sikinos and Folegandros Islands, Greece)

R Augier, L Jolivet, L Gadenne, A Lahfid, O Driussi - Tectonics, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Current models for the Oligo‐Miocene postorogenic back‐arc extension of the Aegean
domain suggest that stretching is accommodated by two bivergent detachment systems of …

Lateral variations of pressure-temperature evolution in non-cylindrical orogens and 3-D subduction dynamics: the Betic-Rif Cordillera example

E Bessière, L Jolivet, R Augier… - Bulletin de la …, 2021‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The long-term Pressure-Temperature-time-deformation (PTtd) evolution of the
internal zones of orogens results from complex interactions between the subducting …

[كتاب][B] The geology of Iberia: a geodynamic approach

C Quesada, JT Oliveira - 2019‏ - Springer
The geology of the Iberian Peninsula and its continental shelves is complex and varied
despite its relatively small size. With some 590,000 km2 inland (Iberian Peninsula, the …

40Ar/39Ar Age Constraints on HP/LT Metamorphism in Extensively Overprinted Units: The Example of the Alpujárride Subduction Complex (Betic Cordillera, Spain)

E Bessière, S Scaillet, R Augier, L Jolivet… - …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Widespread overprinting of early high‐pressure/low‐temperature (HP/LT) subduction stages
due to subsequent collisional or late‐orogenic tectono‐metamorphic events is a common …