Subduction initiation from the earliest stages to self-sustained subduction: Insights from the analysis of 70 Cenozoic sites

S Lallemand, D Arcay - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
To address the question of the initiation and mechanisms involved in the process of
subduction zone formation, we explored most of the available evidence for the subduction …

Formation and deformation of hyperextended rift systems: Insights from rift domain map** in the Bay of Biscay‐Pyrenees

J Tugend, G Manatschal, NJ Kusznir, E Masini… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Bay of Biscay and the Pyrenees correspond to a Lower Cretaceous rift system
including both oceanic and hyperextended rift domains. The transition from preserved …

Role of rift-inheritance and segmentation for orogenic evolution: example from the Pyrenean-Cantabrian system

R Lescoutre, G Manatschal - Bulletin de la Société …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Basque-Cantabrian junction corresponds to an inverted rift accommodation zone at the
limit between the former hyperextended Pyrenean and Cantabrian rift segments. The …

Geophysical-petrological modeling of the lithosphere beneath the Cantabrian Mountains and the North-Iberian margin: geodynamic implications

D Pedreira, JC Afonso, JA Pulgar, J Gallastegui… - Lithos, 2015 - Elsevier
Cenozoic contractional deformation in the North-Iberian continental margin (southern Bay of
Biscay) led to the uplift of the Cantabrian Mountains and the northward subduction of part of …

Displacement transfer from borders to interior of a plate: A crustal transect of Iberia

L Quintana, JA Pulgar, JL Alonso - Tectonophysics, 2015 - Elsevier
A NS crustal transect of the whole Iberian Plate is presented. The displacement transfer
during the Alpine deformation from the border ranges (Cantabrian and Betic chains) toward …

Formation of the Iberian‐European convergent plate boundary fault and its effect on intraplate deformation in Central Europe

A Dielforder, G Frasca, S Brune… - Geochemistry …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract With the Late Cretaceous onset of Africa‐Iberia‐Europe convergence Central
Europe experienced a pulse of intraplate shortening lasting some 15–20 Myr. This …

Alpine exhumation of the central Cantabrian mountains, northwest Spain

C Fillon, D Pedreira, PA Van Der Beek… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Cantabrian Mountains extend along the Atlantic coast of northern Spain and
are known to have experienced an Alpine phase of deformation, reactivating well …

Unravelling the architecture and evolution of the inverted multi-stage North Iberian-Bay of Biscay rift

P Cadenas, G Manatschal, G Fernández-Viejo - Gondwana Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Current rift models propose polyphase rift evolutions that develop with the same kinematic
framework and accommodate continuous and sequential extension, through the stacking of …

Intraplate deformation of oceanic crust in the West Somali Basin: Insights from long‐offset reflection seismic data

D Sauter, JC Ringenbach, M Cannat, T Maurin… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Interpretation of new high‐resolution seismic reflection sections reveals intraplate
deformation of oceanic crust in the West Somali Basin, between the East Africa margin and …