The Maira-Sampeyre and Val Grana Allochthons (south Western Alps): review and new data on the tectonometamorphic evolution of the Briançonnais distal margin

A Michard, SM Schmid, A Lahfid, M Ballèvre… - Swiss Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Here we describe the structure, the high-pressure, low-temperature (HP-LT) metamorphism
and tectonic evolution of the Briançonnais distal margin units from the south Western Alps …

[HTML][HTML] Deformation history and processes during accretion of seamounts in subduction zones: The example of the Durkan Complex (Makran, SE Iran)

E Barbero, M Di Rosa, L Pandolfi, M Delavari… - Geoscience …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Durkan Complex is a tectonic element of the Makran Accretionary Prism (SE
Iran) that includes fragments of Late Cretaceous seamounts. In this paper, the results of map …

Alpine tectono‐metamorphic evolution of the Corsica basement

F Rossetti, W Cavazza, G Di Vincenzo… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The Alpine orogenic edifice of Corsica (northern Tyrrhenian Sea) offers the possibility to
investigate the mode through which continental crust responds to the propagation of …

The Moglio-Testico unit (Ligurian Alps, Italy) as subducted metamorphic oceanic fragment: Stratigraphic, structural and metamorphic constraints

E Sanità, M Di Rosa, JM Lardeaux, M Marroni… - Minerals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Along the Western Alps, the oceanic units showing blueschists to eclogite facies
metamorphic imprint are classically regarded as fragments of the Ligurian-Piedmont Ocean …

Metamorphic peak estimates of the Marguareis Unit (Briançonnais Domain): New constrains for the tectonic evolution of the south‐western Alps

E Sanità, M Di Rosa, JM Lardeaux, M Marroni… - Terra …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In the Western Alps, while many P–T constraints are available for the high‐grade
units, the dataset for the low‐grade units located along the westernmost edge of the belt …

U–Pb ages from felsic rocks of the External Ligurian sedimentary mélange (Northern Apennine, Italy): tracing the pre-Jurassic history of the hyperextended Adria …

M Di Rosa, F Farina, M Marroni, H Jeon… - Journal of the …, 2024 - lyellcollection.org
The External Ligurian Units are regarded as representative of the ocean continent transition
between the Ligure‒Piemontese oceanic basin and the hyperextended Adria continental …

Long-lived sedimentation in the Western Tethys oceanic basin: revisiting the metasediments of Bagliacone-Riventosa Formation (Corsica, France)

FD Cesari, MD Rosa, E Sanità, L Pandolfi… - International Geology …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT In the Alpine Corsica, the Schistes Lustrés Complex consists of a stack of high-
pressure metamorphic oceanic and continental units originated during the Late Cretaceous …

A journey of the continental crust to and from mantle depth: The P–T–t‐d path of Venaco unit, Alpine Corsica (France)

M Di Rosa, E Sanità, C Frassi, JM Lardeaux… - Geological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This work presents the first pressure–temperature‐deformation‐time (P–T‐d‐t) path
obtained for the Lower Units (Alpine Corsica, France) including the Tenda Massif that …

Lower Continental Crusts Involved in the Alpine Orogeny: New Insight from the Santa Lucia Nappe Metasediments (Corsica, France)

C Frassi, M di Rosa, L Pandolfi… - Acta Geologica Sinica …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In the Alpine Corsica (France), the Santa Lucia Nappe represents a peculiar unit
preserving the unique relicts of Paleozoic lower to medium continental crust. It consists of …

Pre-collisional architecture of the European distal margin: Inferences from the high-pressure continental units of central Corsica (France)

M Di Rosa, C Frassi, M Marroni, L Pandolfi… - Open …, 2023 - degruyter.com
Abstract The Lower Units of Alpine Corsica, France, are fragments of continental crust
strongly deformed and metamorphosed under high-pressure metamorphic conditions. Three …