The kinematic evolution of the Pyrenees was largely controlled by structural and thermal
heterogeneities inherited from a precursor rift system, resulting in complex along-strike …

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 …

The present-day tectonic setting of the Western Mediterranean region, from the Pyrénées to
the Betics and from the Alps to the Atlas, results from a complex 3-D geodynamic evolution …

Necking zones, located between the proximal and distal domains of passive margins, are
characterized by important crustal thinning and the occurrence of extensional detachment …

Abstract The Pyrenean Belt ends against the Gulf of Lion passive margin. The mechanism
responsible for dismantling the mountain belt during Oligocene rifting has not yet found a …

We discuss the drivers of the Pyrenean post-orogenic exhumation, including drainage
migration, flexural rebound and tectonic reactivation. We provide new low-temperature …

Early phases of mountain building are usually poorly constrained although they may provide
insights into both the wedge rheology and the role of inheritance. In the central Pyrenean …

The thermal structure inherited from the high-temperature rifting phase may control the
deformation regime during the first phase of compression. The Zaian Mountains and …

Triassic evaporites have a very particular location in the Pyrenees, close to detachment
areas between the basement and the sedimentary cover, and constitute an enormous …

Hydrothermal veins and altered feldspar are evidence for fluid circulation in granitic rocks in
the continental crust. The hydrothermal alteration of feldspar affects the deformation …