Crustal rheology controls the style of rifting and ultimately the architecture of rifted margins.
Here we review the formation of three magma-poor margin pairs, Iberia-Newfoundland, the …

Abstract The North Atlantic, extending from the Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone to the north
Norway-Greenland-Svalbard margins, is regarded as both a classic case of structural …

Abstract The northern North Sea rift evolved through multiple rift phases within a highly
heterogeneous crystalline basement. The geometry and evolution of syn‐rift depocenters …

Movements of tectonic plates often induce oblique deformation at divergent plate
boundaries. This is in striking contrast with traditional conceptual models of rifting and rifted …

In the context of rift basin formation, structural inheritance describes the influence of pre-
existing structures on new rift-related structures, including faults. Pre-existing structures in …

Extension deficit builds up over centuries at divergent plate boundaries and is recurrently
removed during rifting events, accompanied by magma intrusions and transient metre-scale …

Continental rifts often develop from linkage of distinct rift segments under varying degrees of
extension obliquity. These rift segments arise from rift initiation at non-aligned crustal …

Abstract The Himalayan Orogen consists of two rock packages that parallel the topographic
trend of the mountain belt between the eastern and western syntaxes. To avoid confusion …

The Victoria microplate between the Eastern and Western Branches of the East African Rift
System is one of the largest continental microplates on Earth. In striking contrast to its …

In the Main Ethiopian Rift (East Africa) a complex tectonic history preceded Tertiary rifting
creating pre-existing discontinuities that influenced extension-related deformation …