[HTML][HTML] Orogenic architecture of the Mediterranean region and kinematic reconstruction of its tectonic evolution since the Triassic

DJJ Van Hinsbergen, TH Torsvik, SM Schmid… - Gondwana …, 2020 - Elsevier
The basins and orogens of the Mediterranean region ultimately result from the opening of
oceans during the early break-up of Pangea since the Triassic, and their subsequent …

Lawsonite blueschists and lawsonite eclogites as proxies for palaeo‐subduction zone processes: A review

T Tsujimori, WG Ernst - Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Lawsonite‐bearing metamorphic/metasomatic rocks form at high‐pressure–ultrahigh
pressure (HP–UHP) and low‐temperature (LT) conditions, commonly in Pacific‐type …

Ivrea mantle wedge, arc of the Western Alps, and kinematic evolution of the Alps–Apennines orogenic system

SM Schmid, E Kissling, T Diehl… - Swiss Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
The construction of five crustal-scale profiles across the Western Alps and the Ivrea mantle
wedge integrates up-to-date geological and geophysical information and reveals important …

Recognizing remnants of magma-poor rifted margins in high-pressure orogenic belts: The Alpine case study

M Beltrando, G Manatschal, G Mohn, GV Dal Piaz… - Earth-Science …, 2014 - Elsevier
Magma-poor rifted margins are being increasingly recognized in present-day Atlantic-type
systems. However, findings of fossil areas floored by exhumed mantle or hyper-extended …

Detailed tectonic reconstructions of the Western Mediterranean region for the last 35 Ma, insights on driving mechanisms

A Romagny, L Jolivet, A Menant… - Bulletin de la …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Slab retreat, slab tearing and interactions of slabs are first-order drivers of the deformation of
the overriding lithosphere. An independent description of the tectonic evolution of the back …

Contrasting styles of (U) HP rock exhumation along the Cenozoic Adria‐Europe plate boundary (Western Alps, Calabria, Corsica)

MG Malusà, C Faccenna, SL Baldwin… - Geochemistry …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Since the first discovery of ultrahigh pressure (UHP) rocks 30 years ago in the Western Alps,
the mechanisms for exhumation of (U) HP terranes worldwide are still debated. In the …

[HTML][HTML] The Cycladic Blueschist Unit of the Hellenic subduction orogen: Protracted high-pressure metamorphism, decompression and reimbrication of a diachronous …

J Glodny, U Ring - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
We discuss the assembly and tectonochronology of the Cycladic Blueschist Unit (CBU) in
the central Aegean Sea region, Greece, as a composite, subduction-related, high-pressure …

The Samail subduction zone dilemma: Geochronology of high-pressure rocks from the Saih Hatat window, Oman, reveals juxtaposition of two subduction zones with …

U Ring, J Glodny, R Hansman, A Scharf, F Mattern… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Samail Ophiolite in the Oman Mountains formed at a Cretaceous subduction
zone that was part of a wider Neo-Tethys plate-boundary system. The original configuration …

Carbonation by fluid–rock interactions at high-pressure conditions: implications for carbon cycling in subduction zones

F Piccoli, AV Brovarone, O Beyssac, I Martinez… - Earth and Planetary …, 2016 - Elsevier
Carbonate-bearing lithologies are the main carbon carrier into subduction zones. Their
evolution during metamorphism largely controls the fate of carbon, regulating its fluxes …

Petrochronological close-up on the thermal structure of a paleo-subduction zone (W. Alps)

B Dragovic, S Angiboust, MJ Tappa - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2020 - Elsevier
We present the results from a study combining zoned geochronology, mineral trace element
geochemistry and phase equilibria modeling of a mafic lithology from the Zermatt Saas …