Interactions between tectonic, magmatic, sedimentary and hydrothermal processes during
rifting and break-up of continental lithosphere lead to a variety of rifted margin types. As …

In this study we compare three pairs of conjugate rifted margins that are often referred to as
archetypes of rift systems. Despite numerous differences, a remarkable first-order structural …

In classical rift models, deformation is either uniformly distributed leading to symmetric fault
bounded basins overlying stretched ductile lower crust (eg pure shear McKenzie model) or …

Many recent papers describe the structure of the Iberia and Newfoundland rifted margins;
however, none of them propose kinematic restorations of the complete rift system to quantify …

Studies conducted in present‐day magma‐poor rifted margins reveal that the transition from
weakly thinned continental crust (∼ 30 km) in proximal margins to hyper‐extended crust (≤ …

Abstract The Newfoundland–Iberia rift is considered to be a type example of a non-volcanic
rift. Key features of the conjugate margins are transition zones (TZs) that lie between clearly …

Passive‐margin salt basins are classified as prerift, syn‐stretching, syn‐thinning, and syn‐
exhumation. Prerift salt, such as the Triassic Keuper in the Western Pyrenees, undergoes …

Magma-poor rifted margins consistently show extreme crustal thinning accompanied by
normal faulting, the serpentinization of the mantle beneath crust thinned to less than 8±2 km …

Continental breakup is usually marked by a sharp contact between continental and oceanic
crust. However, in settings with low magma supply, this transition zone is much wider, and …

The conjunction of high-quality seismic surveys, deep sea drilling, and progress in
numerical modelling has changed the way of thinking about how continents rift and oceans …