Tectonic evolution and geodynamics of the Neo-Tethys Ocean

R Zhu, P Zhao, L Zhao - Science China Earth Sciences, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Neo-Tethys Ocean was an eastward-gaping triangular oceanic embayment
between Laurasia to the north and Gondwana to the south. The Neo-Tethys Ocean was …

[HTML][HTML] Lithium pegmatite of anatectic origin–A case study from the Austroalpine Unit Pegmatite Province (Eastern European Alps): Geological data and geochemical …

T Knoll, B Huet, R Schuster, H Mali, T Ntaflos… - Ore geology …, 2023 - Elsevier
There is an ongoing debate as to whether rare element pegmatite is always related to
fractional crystallization of huge fertile granite bodies or whether it can also form directly from …

[HTML][HTML] The role of structural inheritance in continental break-up and exhumation of Alpine Tethyan mantle (Canavese Zone, Western Alps)

A Festa, G Balestro, A Borghi, S De Caroli, A Succo - Geoscience Frontiers, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Canavese Zone (CZ) in the Western Alps represents the remnant of the distal
passive margin of the Adria microplate, which was stretched and thinned during the Jurassic …

Metamorphic remnants of the Variscan Orogeny across the alps and their tectonic significance

M Roda, MI Spalla, M Filippi, JM Lardeaux, G Rebay… - Geosciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Lithospheric slices preserving pre-Alpine metamorphic imprints are widely described in the
Alps. The Variscan parageneses recorded in continental, oceanic, and mantle rocks suggest …

[HTML][HTML] From rifting to oceanization in the Gulf of Aden: Insights from 2D numerical models

A Bollino, A Regorda, R Sabadini, AM Marotta - Tectonophysics, 2022 - Elsevier
We investigate the evolution of the Gulf of Aden from rift initiation to the development of
active oceanic spreading center by means of 2D thermo-mechanical numerical models, in …

Formation and evolution of a subduction-related mélange: The example of the Rocca Canavese Thrust Sheets (Western Alps)

M Roda, M Zucali, A Regorda, MI Spalla - GSA Bulletin, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract In the Sesia-Lanzo Zone, Western Alps, the Rocca Canavese Thrust Sheets (RCT)
subunit is characterized by a mixture of mantle-and crust-derived lithologies, such as …

Comparative analysis of the sedimentary cover units of the Jurassic Western Tethys ophiolites in the Northern Apennines and Western Alps (Italy): Processes of the …

A Festa, F Meneghini, G Balestro… - The Journal of …, 2021 - journals.uchicago.edu
The Jurassic ophiolites in the Northern Apennines and the Western Alps represent fossil mid-
ocean ridge (MOR) oceanic lithosphere that formed in the Mesozoic Ligurian-Piedmont …

Variscan eclogites from the Argentera–Mercantour Massif (External Crystalline Massifs, SW Alps): a dismembered cryptic suture zone

F Jouffray, MI Spalla, JM Lardeaux, M Filippi… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
We document structural, geochemical, petrological and 40 Ar/39 Ar geochronological data
performed on Variscan eclogites from the Argentera–Mercantour Massif, southwestern Alps …

[HTML][HTML] How many subductions in the Variscan orogeny? Insights from numerical models

A Regorda, JM Lardeaux, M Roda, AM Marotta… - Geoscience …, 2020 - Elsevier
We developed a 2D numerical model to simulate the evolution of two superposed ocean-
continent-ocean subduction cycles with opposite vergence, both followed by continental …

Permian to Triassic protolith ages of type locality eclogites in the Eastern Alps: Implications for the opening of the Meliata back-arc basin

R Chang, F Neubauer, Y Liu, J Genser, Q Guan… - …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Austroalpine domain contains the type locality of eclogites, but their protolith age is
unknown except for a Permian metagabbro. Therefore, we studied the non-gabbroic …