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 …

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 …

Extensional structures characterize significant parts of the North Atlantic Caledonides.
Silurian extensional deformation took place, particularly in the heated crust in the southern …

The extensional collapse of the Scandinavian Caledonides resulted in rapid tectonic
denudation of the orogen, exhumation of high-and ultra-high-pressure metamorphic rocks …

Abstract In the Western Gneiss Region (WGR) in the Scandinavian Caledonides, Scandian
ecologites (P= 16 to> 28 kbar) occur in a large area of reworked Proterozoic gneisses …

Extensional tectonism may form during as well as after the contractional history of a
collisional orogeny. Kinematic studies combined with various age constraints in the southern …

Tectonic inheritance deals with the influence of pre-existing or pre-rift elements on the
geometry, genesis and propagation of rift-related faults. Inheritance strongly controls the …

The Devonian basins of western Norway were formed during late-to post-orogenic extension
of overthickened Caledonian crust. The basins are situated in the hanging wall of the …

We propose that a mantle-peridotite-bearing mélange unit, which has been mapped for
more than 400 km in southern Norway, represents vestiges of deep basin (s) formed by …

Abstract The Western Alboran Basin (WAB) formation has always been the subject of debate
and considered either as a back-arc or a forearc basin. Stratigraphic analyses of high …