Pre-Alpine tectonic evolution of the Eastern Alps: from prototethys to paleotethys

F Neubauer, Y Liu, Y Dong, R Chang, J Genser… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
In all reconstructions published during the last two decades, the Austroalpine and the
correlative Southalpine basement units of the Eastern Alps were considered to represent a …

[HTML][HTML] The Northern Calcareous Alps revisited: Formation of a hyperextended margin and mantle exhumation in the Northern Calcareous Alps sector of the Neo …

P Strauss, P Granado, JA Muñoz, K Böhm… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Neo-Tethys margin evolution is preserved in the Northern Calcareous Alps
(Eastern Alps), from Late Permian crustal stretching to Late Triassic oceanization. The …

Carboniferous–Triassic tectonic and thermal evolution of the middle crust section of the Dervio–Olgiasca Zone (Southern Alps)

C Real, K Fassmer, R Carosi… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A well‐preserved remnant of the middle crust of the former Adriatic passive margin is
exposed in the Southern Alps (Italy). The Dervio–Olgiasca Zone is located south of the …

[HTML][HTML] The role of structural inheritance in continental break-up and exhumation of Alpine Tethyan mantle (Canavese Zone, Western Alps)

A Festa, G Balestro, A Borghi, S De Caroli, A Succo - Geoscience Frontiers, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Canavese Zone (CZ) in the Western Alps represents the remnant of the distal
passive margin of the Adria microplate, which was stretched and thinned during the Jurassic …

Metamorphic remnants of the Variscan Orogeny across the alps and their tectonic significance

M Roda, MI Spalla, M Filippi, JM Lardeaux, G Rebay… - Geosciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Lithospheric slices preserving pre-Alpine metamorphic imprints are widely described in the
Alps. The Variscan parageneses recorded in continental, oceanic, and mantle rocks suggest …

What drives A lpine T ethys opening? Clues from the review of geological data and model predictions

M Roda, A Regorda, MI Spalla… - Geological Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Permo‐Triassic remnants (300–220 Ma) of high‐temperature metamorphism associated
with large gabbro bodies occur in the Alps and indicate a high thermal regime compatible …

Metamorphic facies and deformation fabrics diagnostic of subduction: Insights from 2D numerical models

A Regorda, MI Spalla, M Roda… - Geochemistry …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We developed a 2D numerical model that simulates the evolution of a subduction in order to
analyze which different metamorphic facies and deformation fabrics can be recorded within …

[HTML][HTML] How many subductions in the Variscan orogeny? Insights from numerical models

A Regorda, JM Lardeaux, M Roda, AM Marotta… - Geoscience …, 2020 - Elsevier
We developed a 2D numerical model to simulate the evolution of two superposed ocean-
continent-ocean subduction cycles with opposite vergence, both followed by continental …

3D reconstruction of fabric and metamorphic domains in a slice of continental crust involved in the Alpine subduction system: The example of Mt. Mucrone (Sesia …

M Zucali, L Corti, F Delleani, D Zanoni… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Geological map**, multiscale structural analysis, and estimations of the degree of fabric
evolution and of reaction progress allow the construction of a 3D quantitative model of …

Cld-St-And-bearing assemblages in the central Southalpine Basement: Markers of an evolving thermal regime during Variscan convergence

M Filippi, MI Spalla, N Pigazzini, V Diella, JM Lardeaux… - Minerals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Multiscale structural analysis is carried out to explore the sequence of superposed pre-
Alpine chloritoid–staurolite–andalusite metamorphic assemblages in the polydeformed …