In this study we compare three pairs of conjugate rifted margins that are often referred to as
archetypes of rift systems. Despite numerous differences, a remarkable first-order structural …

Direct observation and extensive sampling in ancient margins exposed in the Alps,
combined with drill-hole and geophysical data from the present-day Iberia margin, result in …

In classical rift models, deformation is either uniformly distributed leading to symmetric fault
bounded basins overlying stretched ductile lower crust (eg pure shear McKenzie model) or …

Crustal rheology controls the style of rifting and ultimately the architecture of rifted margins.
Here we review the formation of three magma-poor margin pairs, Iberia-Newfoundland, the …

Arc volcanism is intimately linked to mineral dehydration reactions in the subducting oceanic
mantle, crust, and sediments. The location of slab dehydration reactions depends strongly …

Interactions between tectonic, magmatic, sedimentary and hydrothermal processes during
rifting and break-up of continental lithosphere lead to a variety of rifted margin types. As …

Many recent papers describe the structure of the Iberia and Newfoundland rifted margins;
however, none of them propose kinematic restorations of the complete rift system to quantify …

We present a crust and mantle velocity structure for the West Iberia passive continental
margin derived from a 320‐km‐long wide‐angle seismic profile acquired in the southern …

Within the continent‐ocean transition several nonvolcanic rifted margins exhibit a zone of
partially serpentinized peridotites which continue under the thinned and faulted continental …

Passive‐margin salt basins are classified as prerift, syn‐stretching, syn‐thinning, and syn‐
exhumation. Prerift salt, such as the Triassic Keuper in the Western Pyrenees, undergoes …