Synchrony of carbon cycle fluctuations, volcanism and orbital forcing during the Early Cretaceous

M Martinez, B Aguirre-Urreta, G Dera, M Lescano… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Episodes of Environmental Change (EECs) were times of accelerated hydrological
cycle that punctuated the Early Cretaceous. Uncertainties in the geologic time scales …

The Mesozoic Iberia-Eurasia diffuse plate boundary: A wide domain of distributed transtensional deformation progressively focusing along the North Pyrenean Zone

R Asti, N Saspiturry, P Angrand - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Plate kinematic reconstructions available for the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous eastward
drift and counterclockwise rotation of the Iberian plate imply a major left-lateral motion of …

Evolution of the Alpine orogenic belts in the Western Mediterranean region as resolved by the kinematics of the Europe-Africa diffuse plate boundary

P Angrand, F Mouthereau - BSGF-Earth Sciences …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The West European collisional Alpine belts are the result of the inversion, initiated
in the middle Cretaceous, of the complex western Neotethys and the Atlantic continental rift …

Evolution of the South-Iberian paleomargin: From hyperextension to continental subduction

A Pedrera, A Ruiz-Constán, J García-Senz… - Journal of Structural …, 2020 - Elsevier
Three crustal-scale sequentially restored cross-sections along the Central External Betic
Cordillera enable us to pinpoint the role of extreme crustal thinning, tectonic inheritance and …

Reconstructing the Iberian salt‐bearing rifted margin of the Southern Pyrenees: Insights from the Organyà Basin

G Casini, J Vergés, P Drzewiecki, M Ford, D Cruset… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Reinterpretation of the Organyà Basin, based on new detailed field observations and
subsurface data, emphasizes the key contribution of Upper Triassic evaporites in the tectono …

High‐resolution C‐isotope, TOC and biostratigraphic records of OAE 1a (Aptian) from an expanded hemipelagic cored succession, western Tethys: a new …

JM Castro, PA Ruiz‐Ortiz, GA de Gea… - Paleoceanography …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A high‐resolution carbonate C‐isotope stratigraphy for the Aptian is presented for the Cau
core (Spain). The biostratigraphically calibrated C‐isotope stratigraphy of the core is used to …

[HTML][HTML] Eustasy in the Aptian world: A vision from the eastern margin of the Iberian Plate

T Bover-Arnal, R Salas, J Guimerà… - Global and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Eustatic controls on Early Cretaceous (Aptian) sedimentation in the western Tethys
are discerned in outcrops of carbonate platforms that developed in the Maestrat rift basin …

Biodiversity of ecosystems in an arid setting: The late Albian plant communities and associated biota from eastern Iberia

E Barrón, D Peyrot, CA Bueno-Cebollada, J Kvaček… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Deserts are stressful environments where the living beings must acquire different strategies
to survive due to the water stress conditions. From the late Albian to the early Cenomanian …

[HTML][HTML] Transition between Variscan and Alpine cycles in the Pyrenean-Cantabrian Mountains (N Spain): Geodynamic evolution of near-equator European Permian …

J Lloret, J López-Gómez, N Heredia… - Global and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract In the northern Iberian Peninsula, the Pyrenean-Cantabrian orogenic belt extends
EW for ca. 1000 km between the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. This orogen …

The Getxo crustal-scale cross-section: Testing tectonic models in the Bay of Biscay-Pyrenean rift system

A Pedrera, J García-Senz, C Peropadre… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Bay of Biscay-Pyrenean rift system is a world-class example of an inverted
hyperextended rift. However, tectonic questions such as the linkage of the extensional …