Progress in seismic methodology and ambitious large‐scale seismic projects are enabling
high‐resolution imaging of the continental crust. The ability to constrain interpretations of …

This overview summarizes aspects of 150 years of research in Alpine tectonics and in
particular introduces the tectonic setting for the more detailed papers in this volume. The …

The ECORS deep seismic profile and additional geological and geophysical data are used
to constrain the balancing of a structural section crossing the Pyrenees. To minimize the …

The 250‐km‐long deep seismic survey across the Pyrenees from the Aquitaine basin to the
Ebro basin was sponsored by French and Spanish organizations, and was carried out in …

The Pyrenean Mountains represent the westernmost end of the long Alpine-Himalayan
collisional system. The excellent preservation of foreland basin deposits in conjunction with …

Nearly 1500 stress orientation determinations are now available for Europe. The data come
from earthquake focal mechanisms, overcoring measurements, well bore breakouts …

A new crustal-scale cross-section through the Eastern Pyrenees shows a minimum of 125
km of total shortening across the belt. Convergence rates of 6 mm/yr (during early and …

We present a new digital crustal model for Moho depth and crustal structure in Europe,
Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard, European Arctic shelf, and the North Atlantic Ocean (72W …

Massive fluid circulation in retrogressive ductile shear zones is a well-established but poorly
understood phenomenon. In some cases, surface-derived fluids, which must initially have …

Sedimentary basin inversion, the shortening of formerly extensional basins, is
accommodated mainly by compressional reactivation of extant faults and fractures across a …