The Ivrea-Verbano tectonic evolution: The role of the crust-mantle interactions in rifting localization

A Decarlis, A Zanetti, AC Ogunyele, A Ceriani… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work aims to review and discuss with new interpretations the tectonic evolution of the
Ivrea Verbano Zone (IVZ), to highlight how inheritance from previous orogenic cycles may …

Deep structure of the ocean‐continent transition in the southern Iberia Abyssal Plain from seismic refraction profiles: The IAM‐9 transect at 40 20′ N

SM Dean, TA Minshull, RB Whitmarsh… - … Research: Solid Earth, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Evidence of low flexural rigidity and low viscosity lower continental crust during continental break-up in the South China Sea

P Clift, J Lin, U Barckhausen - Marine and petroleum geology, 2002 - Elsevier
The South China Sea was formed by seafloor spreading in the Late Oligocene at∼ 30Ma
following a series of extensional events within crust formed by Mesozoic continental arc. In …

Deep structure of the Armorican Basin (Bay of Biscay): a review of Norgasis seismic reflection and refraction data

I Thinon, L Matias, JP Réhault… - Journal of the …, 2003 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Bay of Biscay is bounded to the north by the North Biscay margin, which
comprises the Western Approaches and Armorican segments. In the 1970s and 1980s, most …

Kinematics of Jurassic rifting, mantle exhumation, and passive-margin formation in the Austroalpine and Penninic nappes (eastern Switzerland)

N Froitzheim, G Manatschal - Geological society of …, 1996 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Austroalpine and Upper Penninic nappes in eastern Switzerland represent a
passive continental margin and the adjacent ocean of Jurassic-Cretaceous age, imbricated …

The continent-ocean transition at the southeastern margin of the South China Sea

D Franke, U Barckhausen, N Baristeas… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2011 - Elsevier
The South China Sea formed by magma-poor, or intermediate volcanic rifting in the
Paleogene. We investigate the structure of the continent-ocean transition (COT) at its …

Preferential mantle lithospheric extension under the South China margin

P Clift, J Lin - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2001 - Elsevier
Continental rifting in the South China Sea culminated in seafloor spreading at∼ 30 Ma (Late
Oligocene). The basin and associated margins form a classic example of break-up in a …

Mantle exhumation at passive margins

JP Brun, MO Beslier - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 1996 - Elsevier
Laboratory models of lithosphere necking have been used to study the modes of passive
margin formation and related mantle exhumation at continent-ocean boundary. Four-layer …

Cooling history and exhumation of lower-crustal granulite and upper mantle (Malenco, Eastern Central Alps)

O Müntener, J Hermann, V Trommsdorff - Journal of Petrology, 2000 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Braccia gabbro of Val Malenco, Italian Alps, intruded 275 My ago during Early
Permian lithospheric extension. The intrusion took place along the crust–mantle transition …

Transverse systems along the extensional Tyrrhenian margin of central Italy and their influence on volcanism

V Acocella, R Funiciello - Tectonics, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The Tyrrhenian margin of central Italy has undergone Plio‐Quaternary extension,
develo** NW‐SE normal faults and NE‐SW faults. The NE‐SW faults decrease in …