Tethys–Atlantic interaction along the Iberia–Africa plate boundary: The Betic–Rif orogenic system

J Vergés, M Fernàndez - Tectonophysics, 2012 - Elsevier
Initial SE-dip** slow subduction of the Ligurian–Tethys lithosphere beneath Africa from
Late Cretaceous to middle Oligocene twisting to a later faster E-dip** subduction of the …

[HTML][HTML] Fluid evolution from extension to compression in the Pyrenean Fold Belt and Basque-Cantabrian Basin: A review

D Cruset, J Vergés, D Munoz-López, M Moragas… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
We propose a review to discuss the large number of studies dealing with the fluid history in
extensional and compressional sedimentary basins that evolved along the Iberian-Eurasian …

Placing limits to shortening evolution in the Pyrenees: Role of margin architecture and implications for the Iberia/Europe convergence

F Mouthereau, PY Filleaudeau, A Vacherat, R Pik… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Estimating shortening in collision belts is critical to reconstruct past plate motions. Balanced
cross‐section techniques are efficient in external domains but lack resolution in the …

Evolution of the Alpine orogenic belts in the Western Mediterranean region as resolved by the kinematics of the Europe-Africa diffuse plate boundary

P Angrand, F Mouthereau - BSGF-Earth Sciences …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The West European collisional Alpine belts are the result of the inversion, initiated
in the middle Cretaceous, of the complex western Neotethys and the Atlantic continental rift …

The Qs problem: Sediment volumetric balance of proximal foreland basin systems

PA Allen, JJ Armitage, A Carter, RA Duller… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Although the stratigraphy of sedimentary basins depends on the balance between the
magnitude and grain‐size characteristics of the sediment supply (Qs) and the spatial …

[PDF][PDF] The structure of the South-Central-Pyrenean fold and thrust belt as constrained by subsurface data

JA Muñoz, J Mencos, E Roca, N Carrera… - Geologica Acta: an …, 2018 - redalyc.org
Structural style of fold and thrust belts depends among many other factors on the mechanical
properties of the deformed sedimentary pile and the existence of weak horizons such as salt …

Paleogeographic and sedimentary evolution of the South Pyrenean foreland basin

M Garcés, M López-Blanco, L Valero, E Beamud… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract During the Paleogene and Neogene the NE Iberian plate underwent significant
paleogeographic changes driven by the Iberian and European plate collision and the …

Denudation history and palaeogeography of the Pyrenees and their peripheral basins: an 84-million-year geomorphological perspective

M Calvet, Y Gunnell, B Laumonier - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
This review provides a synthesis of the evolution of the Pyrenees since~ 84 Ma and is
uniquely focused on analysing jointly and comparatively its peripheral pro-foreland, retro …

Tectonothermal history of an exhumed thrust‐sheet‐top basin: An example from the south Pyrenean thrust belt

P Labaume, F Meresse, M Jolivet, A Teixell… - Tectonics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a new balanced structural cross section of the Jaca thrust‐sheet‐top
basin of the southern Pyrenees combined with paleothermometry and apatite fission track …

[HTML][HTML] Inhomogeneous rift inversion and the evolution of the Pyrenees

A Pedrera, J García-Senz, EL Pueyo, B López-Mir… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The kinematic evolution of the Pyrenees was largely controlled by structural and thermal
heterogeneities inherited from a precursor rift system, resulting in complex along-strike …