The basins and orogens of the Mediterranean region ultimately result from the opening of
oceans during the early break-up of Pangea since the Triassic, and their subsequent …

The aim of this paper is to describe some aspects of the Northern Apennine/Corsica
orogenic system, a classical and still-debated subject in the geology of the central …

The construction of five crustal-scale profiles across the Western Alps and the Ivrea mantle
wedge integrates up-to-date geological and geophysical information and reveals important …

Interaction between surface and tectonic processes plays a key role in the structural
evolution, kinematics, and exhumation of rocks in orogenic wedges. The deformation …

Slab retreat, slab tearing and interactions of slabs are first-order drivers of the deformation of
the overriding lithosphere. An independent description of the tectonic evolution of the back …

Since the first discovery of ultrahigh pressure (UHP) rocks 30 years ago in the Western Alps,
the mechanisms for exhumation of (U) HP terranes worldwide are still debated. In the …

Major discoveries in metamorphic petrology, as well as other geological disciplines, have
been made in the Alps. The regional distribution of Late Cretaceous–Tertiary metamorphic …

The Cenozoic geological evolution of the Italian area is characterized by the formation of two
major mountain chains-the Alps to the north and the Apennines throughout the peninsula …

Alpine Corsica consists of a stack of variably metamorphosed units of continental and Tethys-
derived rocks. It represents an excellent example of high-pressure (HP) orogenic belt, such …

Abstract The Alps/Apennines system, as well as many collisional orogens through the world,
shows a finite deformation produced during a long geological history which involves …