Tectonic units of the Alpine collision zone between Eastern Alps and western Turkey

SM Schmid, B Fügenschuh, A Kounov, L Maţenco… - Gondwana …, 2020 - Elsevier
We present a map that correlates tectonic units between Alps and western Turkey
accompanied by a text providing access to literature data, explaining the concepts used for …

The AlpArray seismic network: a large-scale European experiment to image the Alpine Orogen

G Hetényi, I Molinari, J Clinton, G Bokelmann… - Surveys in …, 2018 - Springer
The AlpArray programme is a multinational, European consortium to advance our
understanding of orogenesis and its relationship to mantle dynamics, plate reorganizations …

[ΒΙΒΛΙΟ][B] Earth history and palaeogeography

TH Torsvik, LRM Cocks - 2017 - books.google.com
Using full-colour palaeogeographical maps from the Cambrian to the present, this
interdisciplinary volume explains how plate motions and surface volcanism are linked to …

Geodynamic evolution of the central and western Mediterranean: Tectonics vs. igneous petrology constraints

E Carminati, M Lustrino, C Doglioni - Tectonophysics, 2012 - Elsevier
We present a geodynamic reconstruction of the Central–Western Mediterranean and
neighboring areas during the last 50Myr, including magmatological and tectonic …

Mesozoic and Cenozoic vertical movements in the Atlas system (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia): an overview

DF de Lamotte, P Leturmy, Y Missenard, S Khomsi… - Tectonophysics, 2009 - Elsevier
The E–W trending Atlas System of Maghreb consists of weakly shortened, intra-continental
fold belts associated with plateau areas (“Mesetas”), extending between the south …

Structure of the European upper mantle revealed by adjoint tomography

H Zhu, E Bozdağ, D Peter, J Tromp - Nature Geoscience, 2012 - nature.com
Images of the European crust and upper mantle, created using seismic tomography, identify
the Cenozoic Rift System and related volcanism in central and western Europe. They also …

Deepwater fold and thrust belt classification, tectonics, structure and hydrocarbon prospectivity: A review

CK Morley, R King, R Hillis, M Tingay, G Backe - Earth-Science Reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
Deepwater fold and thrust belts (DWFTBs) are classified into near-field stress-driven Type 1
systems confined to the sedimentary section, and Type 2 systems deformed by either far …

Messinian salinity crisis regulated by competing tectonics and erosion at the Gibraltar arc

D Garcia-Castellanos, A Villaseñor - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Abstract The Messinian salinity crisis,(5.96 to 5.33 million years ago) was caused by
reduced water inflow from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea resulting in …

Zircon U–Pb geochronology of gneissic rocks in the Yunkai massif and its implications on the Caledonian event in the South China Block

Y Wang, W Fan, G Zhao, S Ji, T Peng - Gondwana Research, 2007 - Elsevier
This paper presents new zircon U–Pb data and interpretations for the gneissic rocks in the
Yunkai massif in order to constrain the timing and evolution of the Caledonian …

Europe from the Variscan to the Alpine cycles

GM Stampfli, HW Kozur - 2006 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The time span between the Variscan and Alpine cycles is not devoid of any major tectonic
activity, and corresponds to the Cimmerian cycle. Between the Early Permian and Late …