Towards a process-based understanding of rifted continental margins

M Pérez-Gussinyé, JS Collier, JJ Armitage… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023‏ - nature.com
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 …

Cretaceous long-distance lithospheric extension and surface response in South China

J Li, S Dong, PA Cawood, H Thybo, PD Clift… - Earth-Science …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Lithospheric extension plays a pivotal role in governing the evolution of continents and the
birth of oceanic basins on Earth. Despite this, quantifying wide-mode lithospheric extension …

Rifted margins classification and forcing parameters

F Sapin, JC Ringenbach, C Clerc - Scientific Reports, 2021‏ - nature.com
Rifted margins are the result of the successful process of thinning and breakup of the
continental lithosphere leading to the formation of new oceanic lithosphere. Observations on …

[HTML][HTML] Lateral evolution of the rift-to-drift transition in the South China Sea: Evidence from multi-channel seismic data and IODP Expeditions 367&368 drilling results

W Ding, Z Sun, G Mohn, M Nirrengarten… - Earth and Planetary …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The South China Sea margins represent a critical natural laboratory to study the
processes and parameters controlling the rift-to-drift transition. High quality seismic data …

Plate tectonics in the twenty-first century

YF Zheng - Science China Earth Sciences, 2023‏ - Springer
Plate tectonics was originally established as a kinematic theory of global tectonics, in which
the Earth's rigid outer layer, the lithosphere, consists of different size plates that move …

The fundamental role of the Borborema and Benin–Nigeria provinces of NE Brazil and NW Africa during the development of the South Atlantic Cretaceous Rift system

RMD de Matos, A Krueger, I Norton, K Casey - Marine and Petroleum …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Borborema and Benin–Nigeria Provinces are composed of a complex network
of Neoproterozoic mobile belts, and large-scale shear zones. The evolution of the South …

Mesozoic rifting evolution of SW Gondwana: a poly-phased, subduction-related, extensional history responsible for basin formation along the Argentinean Atlantic …

JP Lovecchio, S Rohais, P Joseph, ND Bolatti… - Earth-Science …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The opening of the South Atlantic in the Early Cretaceous was the final stage of the complex
rifting history of SW Gondwana. In this contribution we reassess the chronology of Mesozoic …

[HTML][HTML] Crustal fragmentation, magmatism, and the diachronous opening of the Norwegian-Greenland Sea

L Gernigon, D Franke, L Geoffroy, C Schiffer… - Earth-Science …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Norwegian-Greenland Sea (NGS) in the NE Atlantic comprises diverse tectonic
regimes and structural features including sub-oceanic basins of different ages …

Syn-rift magmatic characteristics and evolution at a sediment-rich margin: Insights from high-resolution seismic data from the South China Sea

C Zhang, Z Sun, G Manatschal, X Pang, N Qiu, M Su… - Gondwana …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The interaction between magmatic and extensional processes related to the formation of
rifted margins has been and still is highly debated. The interpretation of magmatic additions …

Conjugate volcanic passive margins in the austral segment of the South Atlantic–Architecture and development

F Chauvet, F Sapin, L Geoffroy, JC Ringenbach… - Earth-Science …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The thorough interpretation of the South Atlantic long offset seismic lines provides a new
view of the magmatic and crustal architecture and of the evolution of the conjugate volcanic …