This paper gives an overview of the large-scale tectonic styles encountered in orogens
worldwide. Thin-skinned and thick-skinned tectonics represent two end member styles …

Compressional inversion of former extensional sedimentary basins is a particularly common
phenomenon, given that passive margins share the same destiny of being subsequently …

Abstract The European Cenozoic rift system extends from the coast of the North Sea to the
Mediterranean over a distance of some 1100 km; it finds its southern prolongation in the …

Intra-plate compressional structures, such as inverted extensional basins and upthrusted
basement blocks, play an important role in the tectonic framework of the European Alpine …

Defining the structural style of fold–thrust belts and understanding the controlling factors are
necessary steps towards prediction of their long-term and short-term dynamics, including …

The term'inversion'to describe an inverted basin was first used by Glennie & Boegner (1981)
although inverted basins had been recognized many years before eg Lamplugh (1920) and …

Sandbox experiments analyzed by computerized X-ray tomography provide relevant models
of salt-related contractional structures and improve understanding of the relative importance …

The geological structure of continental lithosphere shows complex variety that is inherited
into orogenic belts and influences the localization and amplification of contractional …

This overview summarizes aspects of 150 years of research in Alpine tectonics and in
particular introduces the tectonic setting for the more detailed papers in this volume. The …

Structural analyses carried out in the southern-central Alborz (Iran) have shown that the
evolution of this belt has been strongly conditioned by the inversion of pre-existent …