The Tell-Rif (Tell in Algeria and Tunisia; Rif in Morocco) is the orogenic system fringing to
the south the West Mediterranean basins. This system comprises three major tectonic …

Geodynamical models investigate the rheological and physical properties of the lithosphere
that peels back (delaminates) from the upper–middle crust. Meanwhile, model predictions …

Marine gateways play a critical role in the exchange of water, heat, salt and nutrients
between oceans and seas. As a result, changes in gateway geometry can significantly alter …

Edge‐driven convection (EDC) forms in the upper mantle at locations of lithosphere
thickness gradients, eg, craton edges. In this study we show how the traditional style of EDC …

The origin of the Ethiopian-Yemeni Oligocene flood basalt province is widely interpreted as
representing mafic volcanism associated with the Afar mantle plume head, with minor …

We present a new 3‐D shear velocity model of the western Mediterranean from the
Pyrenees, Spain, to the Atlas Mountains, Morocco, and the estimated crustal and …

Abstract The Western Alboran Basin (WAB) formation has always been the subject of debate
and considered either as a back-arc or a forearc basin. Stratigraphic analyses of high …

Crustal thickness maps at regional scales are typically compiled using estimations inferred
from different geophysical datasets providing a variable coverage of the investigated area …

Fault barriers are key structures for studying seismic hazard in regions of intense brittle
deformation. The interaction between fault sets affects their seismogenic behavior, if some of …

Upper-mantle upwellings are often invoked as the cause of Cenozoic volcanism in the Ibero-
western Maghreb region. However, their nature, geometry and origin are unclear. This study …