A naturally constrained stress profile through the middle crust in an extensional terrane

WM Behr, JP Platt - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2011 - Elsevier
We present a method in which paleopiezometry, Ti-in-quartz thermobarometry (TitaniQ), and
2-D thermal modeling are used to construct a naturally constrained stress profile through the …

From Permo-Triassic lithospheric thinning to Jurassic rifting at the Adriatic margin: Petrological and geochronological record in Valtournenche (Western Italian Alps)

P Manzotti, D Rubatto, J Darling, M Zucali, B Cenki-Tok… - Lithos, 2012 - Elsevier
Slices of polycyclic metasediments (marbles and meta-cherts) are tectonically amalgamated
with the polydeformed basement of the Dent Blanche tectonic system along a major Alpine …

Continental interior and edge breakup at convergent margins induced by subduction direction reversal: A numerical modeling study applied to the South China Sea …

F Li, Z Sun, H Yang, J Lin, JM Stock, Z Zhao, H Xu… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The dynamics of continental breakup at convergent margins has been described as the
results of backarc opening caused by slab rollback or drag force induced by subduction …

[HTML][HTML] The role of structural inheritance in continental break-up and exhumation of Alpine Tethyan mantle (Canavese Zone, Western Alps)

A Festa, G Balestro, A Borghi, S De Caroli, A Succo - Geoscience Frontiers, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Canavese Zone (CZ) in the Western Alps represents the remnant of the distal
passive margin of the Adria microplate, which was stretched and thinned during the Jurassic …

The transition from Variscan collision to continental break-up in the Alps: Insights from the comparison between natural data and numerical model predictions

MI Spalla, D Zanoni, AM Marotta, G Rebay… - Geological Society …, 2014 - lyellcollection.org
Records of Variscan structural and metamorphic imprints in the Alps indicate that before
Pangaea fragmentation, the continental lithosphere was thermally and mechanically …

What drives A lpine T ethys opening? Clues from the review of geological data and model predictions

M Roda, A Regorda, MI Spalla… - Geological Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Permo‐Triassic remnants (300–220 Ma) of high‐temperature metamorphism associated
with large gabbro bodies occur in the Alps and indicate a high thermal regime compatible …

Integration of natural data within a numerical model of ablative subduction: a possible interpretation for the Alpine dynamics of the Austroalpine crust

M Roda, MI Spalla, AM Marotta - Journal of Metamorphic …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
A numerical modelling approach is used to validate the physical and geological reliability of
the ablative subduction mechanism during Alpine convergence in order to interpret the …

[HTML][HTML] From rifting to oceanization in the Gulf of Aden: Insights from 2D numerical models

A Bollino, A Regorda, R Sabadini, AM Marotta - Tectonophysics, 2022 - Elsevier
We investigate the evolution of the Gulf of Aden from rift initiation to the development of
active oceanic spreading center by means of 2D thermo-mechanical numerical models, in …

Structural Architecture and Attenuation of the Ductile Lower Plate of the Ruby Mountain‐East Humboldt Range Metamorphic Core Complex, Northeast Nevada

AV Zuza, DA Levy, S Dee, JW DesOrmeau… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Strongly deformed footwall rocks exposed in metamorphic core complexes (MCC) of the
North American Cordillera were exhumed via ductile attenuation, mylonitic shearing, and …

Strain localization, granulite formation and geodynamic setting of 'hot orogens': a case study from the Eastern Ghats Province, India

S Gupta - Geological Journal, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The Eastern Ghats Province underwent major orogenic events in the Neoproterozoic–
Cambrian period: 980–930, 900–650 and 550–500 Ma. At each time interval, deformation …