Present-day uplift of the European Alps: Evaluating mechanisms and models of their relative contributions

P Sternai, C Sue, L Husson, E Serpelloni… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent measurements of surface vertical displacements of the European Alps show a
correlation between vertical velocities and topographic features, with widespread uplift at …

Denudation history and palaeogeography of the Pyrenees and their peripheral basins: an 84-million-year geomorphological perspective

M Calvet, Y Gunnell, B Laumonier - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
This review provides a synthesis of the evolution of the Pyrenees since~ 84 Ma and is
uniquely focused on analysing jointly and comparatively its peripheral pro-foreland, retro …

Surface rupture and shallow fault reactivation during the 2019 Mw 4.9 Le Teil earthquake, France

JF Ritz, S Baize, M Ferry, C Larroque, L Audin… - … Earth & Environment, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The Rhône River Valley in France, a densely populated area with many industrial
facilities including several nuclear power plants, was shaken on November 11th 2019, by …

Present-day uplift of the western Alps

JM Nocquet, C Sue, A Walpersdorf, T Tran, N Lenôtre… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Collisional mountain belts grow as a consequence of continental plate convergence and
eventually disappear under the combined effects of gravitational collapse and erosion …

High‐resolution imaging of the Pyrenees and Massif Central from the data of the PYROPE and IBERARRAY portable array deployments

S Chevrot, A Villaseñor, M Sylvander… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The lithospheric structures beneath the Pyrenees, which holds the key to settle long‐
standing controversies regarding the opening of the Bay of Biscay and the formation of the …

Erosion influences the seismicity of active thrust faults

P Steer, M Simoes, R Cattin, JBH Shyu - Nature communications, 2014 - nature.com
Assessing seismic hazards remains one of the most challenging scientific issues in Earth
sciences. Deep tectonic processes are classically considered as the only persistent …

Topographic and faults control of hydrothermal circulation along dormant faults in an orogen

A Taillefer, L Guillou‐Frottier, R Soliva… - Geochemistry …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrothermal systems involving dormant faults within orogenic belts are rarely targeted for
geothermal exploration, partly because of the complexity of the 3‐D topography, the …

Evidence for the release of long‐term tectonic strain stored in continental interiors through intraplate earthquakes

TJ Craig, E Calais, L Fleitout… - Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The occurrence of large earthquakes in stable continental interiors challenges the
applicability of the classical steady state “seismic cycle” model to such regions. Here we …

Fault‐Related Controls on Upward Hydrothermal Flow: An Integrated Geological Study of the Têt Fault System, Eastern Pyrénées (France)

A Taillefer, R Soliva, L Guillou-Frottier, E Le Goff… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The way faults control upward fluid flow in nonmagmatic hydrothermal systems in
extensional context is still unclear. In the Eastern Pyrénées, an alignment of twenty‐nine hot …

Influence of surface processes on strain localization and seismic activity in the longmen Shan Fold‐and‐Thrust Belt: Insights from discrete‐element modeling

M Wang, M Wang, W Feng, B Yan, D Jia - Tectonics, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated interactions between structural deformation and surface processes in the
Longmen Shan fold‐and‐thrust belt and the adjacent western Sichuan foreland basin …