The extension of the lithosphere, controlling the development of rifted basins, is driven by a
combination of plate-boundary forces, frictional forces exerted on the base of the lithosphere …

Alps and Apennines developed along opposite subductions, which inverted the tethyan
passive continental margins located along the boundaries of Europe, Africa and the Adriatic …

The evolution of the European Cenozoic Rift System (ECRIS) and the Alpine orogen is
discussed on the base of a set of palaeotectonic maps and two retro-deformed lithospheric …

The European Cenozoic Rift System (ECRIS) and associated fault systems transect all
Variscan Massifs in the foreland of the Alps. ECRIS was activated during the Eocene in the …

The western European kinematic evolution results from the opening of the western
Neotethys and the Atlantic oceans since the late Paleozoic and the Mesozoic. Geological …

A large data set of surface wave phase velocity measurements is compiled to study the
structures of the crust and upper mantle underneath the Alpine continental collision zone …

A new Moho depth map has been assembled for Western and Central Europe and the
Western Mediterranean area that is exclusively based on published regional Moho depth …

To date, research on neotectonics and related continental topography development has
mostly focused on active plate boundaries characterized by generally high deformation …

Knowledge of temperature at drillable depth is a prerequisite in site selection for geothermal
exploration and development of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). Equally important …

On the basis of a brief survey of the subdivision and evolution of the Variscides, this paper
addresses controversial issues relating to the plate kinematic assembly and the 'collapse'of …