[HTML][HTML] Evolution of a low convergence collisional orogen: a review of Pyrenean orogenesis

M Ford, E Masini, J Vergés, R Pik… - Bulletin de la …, 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 …

History of subduction and back arc extension in the Central Mediterranean

C Faccenna, TW Becker, FP Lucente… - Geophysical Journal …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Geological and geophysical constraints to reconstruct the evolution of the Central
Mediterranean subduction zone are presented. Geological observations such as upper plate …

[HTML][HTML] Kinematics and extent of the Piemont–Liguria Basin–implications for subduction processes in the Alps

E Le Breton, S Brune, K Ustaszewski, S Zahirovic… - Solid Earth, 2021 - se.copernicus.org
Assessing the size of a former ocean of which only remnants are found in mountain belts is
challenging but crucial to understanding subduction and exhumation processes. Here we …

The structure of the Monte Amiata volcano-geothermal area (Northern Apennines, Italy): Neogene-Quaternary compression versus extension

A Brogi - International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2008 - Springer
The tectonic evolution of the Mt Amiata volcano-geothermal area is under discussion. Some
authors state that this region, as well as the hinterland of the Northern Apennines, were …

An outline of the geology of the Northern Apennines (Italy), with geological map at 1: 250,000 scale

P Conti, G Cornamusini… - Italian Journal of …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
An outline of the geology of the Italian Northern Apennines, to accompany a geological map
at 1: 250,000 scale covering the Emilia-Romagna, Marche, Tuscany and Umbria regions, is …

The association of continental crust rocks with ophiolites in the Northern Apennines (Italy): implications for the continent-ocean transition in the Western Tethys

M Marroni, G Molli, A Montanini, R Tribuzio - Tectonophysics, 1998 - Elsevier
The Late Cretaceous sedimentary melanges from the External Liguride Units of the Northern
Apennines include large slide-blocks of ophiolites and lower and upper continental crust …

Origin of the gabbro–peridotite association from the Northern Apennine Ophiolites (Italy)

R Tribuzio, MF Thirlwall, R Vannucci - Journal of Petrology, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Northern Apennine ophiolites are remnants of the Middle Jurassic–Early
Cretaceous lithosphere from the Ligurian Tethys. New trace element and Nd–Sr isotope …

A revised subduction inception model to explain the Late Cretaceous, double‐vergent orogen in the precollisional western Tethys: Evidence from the Northern …

M Marroni, F Meneghini, L Pandolfi - Tectonics, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Meso‐Cenozoic alpine belts of the Mediterranean area are characterized by
complex architectures, result of a complex subduction and collision evolution that preserve …

Tectono-sedimentary evolution of the External Liguride units (Northern Apennines, Italy): Insights in the pre-collisional history of a fossil ocean-continent transition …

M Marroni, G Molli, G Ottria, L Pandolfi - Geodinamica Acta, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract In the Northern Apennines, the External Liguride (EL) units are interpreted as
derived from the domain that joined the Ligure–Piemontese oceanic basin to the Adriatic …

New constraints on the evolution of the inner Northern Apennines by K‐Ar dating of Late Miocene‐Early Pliocene compression on the Island of Elba, Italy

G Viola, E Torgersen, F Mazzarini, G Musumeci… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Northern Apennines (NA) orogenic wedge formed during Oligocene‐Miocene
convergence and westward subduction of Adria beneath the European Plate. Extension …