Exhumation of oceanic blueschists and eclogites in subduction zones: timing and mechanisms

P Agard, P Yamato, L Jolivet, E Burov - Earth-Science Reviews, 2009‏ - Elsevier
High-pressure low-temperature (HP–LT) metamorphic rocks provide invaluable constraints
on the evolution of convergent zones. Based on a worldwide compilation of key information …

Subduction of oceanic lithosphere in the Alps: Selective and archetypal from (slow-spreading) oceans

P Agard - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The Alps are amongst the best subduction archives in the world, with abundant blueschists
and eclogites preserving fragments of mantle, gabbros, thinned continental margin and …

The Western Alps from the Jurassic to Oligocene: spatio-temporal constraints and evolutionary reconstructions

G Rosenbaum, GS Lister - Earth-Science Reviews, 2005‏ - Elsevier
Despite extensive research in the last 150 years, the regional tectonic reconstruction of the
Western Alps has remained controversial. The curved orogenic belt consists of several …

Contrasting styles of (U) HP rock exhumation along the Cenozoic Adria‐Europe plate boundary (Western Alps, Calabria, Corsica)

MG Malusà, C Faccenna, SL Baldwin… - Geochemistry …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Since the first discovery of ultrahigh pressure (UHP) rocks 30 years ago in the Western Alps,
the mechanisms for exhumation of (U) HP terranes worldwide are still debated. In the …

Recognizing remnants of magma-poor rifted margins in high-pressure orogenic belts: The Alpine case study

M Beltrando, G Manatschal, G Mohn, GV Dal Piaz… - Earth-Science …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Magma-poor rifted margins are being increasingly recognized in present-day Atlantic-type
systems. However, findings of fossil areas floored by exhumed mantle or hyper-extended …

The P–T path of the ultra‐high pressure Lago Di Cignana and adjoining high‐pressure meta‐ophiolitic units: insights into the evolution of the subducting Tethyan slab

C Groppo, M Beltrando… - Journal of Metamorphic …, 2009‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Lago di Cignana ultra‐high‐pressure unit (LCU), which consists of coesite–
eclogite facies metabasics and metasediments, preserves the most deeply subducted …

(Ultra-) High-pressure metamorphism and orogenesis: an Alpine perspective

M Beltrando, R Compagnoni, B Lombardo - Gondwana Research, 2010‏ - Elsevier
The Pressure–Temperature–time–deformation evolution of the high-to ultra-high-pressure
units of the Western Alps has been progressively refined in the last 40years, leading to …

[HTML][HTML] The Cycladic Blueschist Unit of the Hellenic subduction orogen: Protracted high-pressure metamorphism, decompression and reimbrication of a diachronous …

J Glodny, U Ring - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022‏ - Elsevier
We discuss the assembly and tectonochronology of the Cycladic Blueschist Unit (CBU) in
the central Aegean Sea region, Greece, as a composite, subduction-related, high-pressure …

Stacking and metamorphism of continuous segments of subducted lithosphere in a high-pressure wedge: the example of Alpine Corsica (France)

AV Brovarone, O Beyssac, J Malavieille, G Molli… - Earth-Science …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Alpine Corsica consists of a stack of variably metamorphosed units of continental and Tethys-
derived rocks. It represents an excellent example of high-pressure (HP) orogenic belt, such …

Burial and exhumation in a subduction wedge: Mutual constraints from thermomechanical modeling and natural P‐T‐t data (Schistes Lustrés, western Alps)

P Yamato, P Agard, E Burov… - Journal of …, 2007‏ - Wiley Online Library
The dynamic processes leading to synconvergent exhumation of high‐pressure low‐
temperature (HP‐LT) rocks at oceanic accretionary margins, as well as the mechanisms …