The Mesozoic Iberia-Eurasia diffuse plate boundary: A wide domain of distributed transtensional deformation progressively focusing along the North Pyrenean Zone

R Asti, N Saspiturry, P Angrand - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Plate kinematic reconstructions available for the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous eastward
drift and counterclockwise rotation of the Iberian plate imply a major left-lateral motion of …

Evolution of a low convergence collisional orogen: a review of Pyrenean orogenesis

M Ford, E Masini, J Vergés, R Pik… - BSGF-Earth …, 2022‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Pyrenees is a collisional orogen built by inversion of an immature rift system during
convergence of the Iberian and European plates from Late Cretaceous to late Cenozoic. The …

Crustal-scale balanced cross-section and restorations of the Central Pyrenean belt (Nestes-Cinca transect): Highlighting the structural control of Variscan belt and …

N Espurt, P Angrand, A Teixell, P Labaume, M Ford… - Tectonophysics, 2019‏ - Elsevier
In this paper, we combined new field geological, structural, paleo-temperature and
subsurface data together with deep geophysical data to build a new 210 km-long crustal …

Permian-Triassic rifting stage

J López-Gómez, J Alonso-Azcárate, A Arche… - The Geology of Iberia: A …, 2019‏ - Springer
Abstract The Permian-Triassic rifting represents the first of the two Mesozoic rifting stages
recorded in the Iberian Peninsula. Its first phases of development started during the Early …

Role of rift-inheritance and segmentation for orogenic evolution: example from the Pyrenean-Cantabrian system

R Lescoutre, G Manatschal - Bulletin de la Société …, 2020‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Basque-Cantabrian junction corresponds to an inverted rift accommodation zone at the
limit between the former hyperextended Pyrenean and Cantabrian rift segments. The …

Deformable plate tectonic models of the southern North Atlantic

AL Peace, JK Welford, PJ Ball, M Nirrengarten - Journal of Geodynamics, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Significant, poly-phase deformation occurred prior to, simultaneous with, and after the
opening of the North Atlantic Ocean. Understanding this deformation history is essential for …

Middle Jurassic–Early Cretaceous tectono-sedimentary evolution of the southwestern Iberian Basin (central Spain): Major palaeogeographical changes in the …

M Aurell, M Fregenal-Martínez, B Bádenas… - Earth-Science …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Middle Jurassic-Early Cretaceous tectono-sedimentary evolution of the
southwestern part of the intraplate Iberian Basin (Spain) was mostly controlled by the Alto …

[HTML][HTML] Late Triassic to present-day tectono-thermal history of the coastal part of the Asturian basin: Implications for hydrocarbon exploration and for the North-Iberian …

H Uzkeda, J Poblet, M Bulnes - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2025‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Asturian Basin, situated on the North Iberian margin, is a Permian-Mesozoic
extensional basin developed over a Variscan Palaeozoic basement, subsequently inverted …

Role of inheritance during tectonic inversion of a rift system in basement-involved to salt-decoupled transition: analogue modelling and application to the Pyrenean …

J Miró, O Ferrer, JA Muñoz, G Manastchal - Solid earth, 2023‏ - se.copernicus.org
The reactivation of former rift systems and passive margins during tectonic inversion and
their incorporation into fold-and-thrust belts result in significant structural differences not only …