Along-strike variations of structural style in the external Western Alps (France): Review, insights from analogue models and the role of salt

N Célini, A Pichat, F Mouthereau… - Journal of Structural …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The European Alps result from the closure of a former Triassic to Cretaceous rifting
system in which significative accumulation of Upper Triassic salt deposited. The thickness …

Structural and tectono-stratigraphic review of the Sicilian orogen and new insights from analogue modeling

M Henriquet, S Dominguez, G Barreca… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Apennines-Sicilian-Maghrebian fold-and-thrust belt originated from the
subduction of the Alpine Tethys and the later collision of drifted continental blocks against …

Deformation and temperature variation along thrust-sense shear zones in the hinterland-foreland transition zone of collisional settings: A case study from the Barbagia …

A Petroccia, R Carosi, C Montomoli, S Iaccarino… - Journal of Structural …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract In the Internal Zone of a continental collisional orogen, first-order contractional
shear zones accommodate crustal shortening. Structural investigations at different scales …

A new interpretation of the metamorphic core in the Taiwan orogen: A regional-scale, left-lateral shear zone that accommodated highly oblique plate convergence in …

GR Ho, TB Byrne, JC Lee, L Mesalles, CW Lin, W Lo… - Tectonophysics, 2022 - Elsevier
In the past decades, the arc-continent collision in Taiwan was commonly interpreted as a
relatively continuous process with an invariant plate convergence vector for at least the last …

Tectonic transport directions, shear senses and deformation temperatures indicated by quartz c-axis fabrics and microstructures in a NW-SE transect across the Moine …

RD Law, JR Thigpen, SE Mazza, CA Mako… - Geosciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Moine metasedimentary rocks of northern Scotland are characterized by arcuate map
patterns of mineral lineations that swing progressively clockwise from orogen-perpendicular …

Deformation mechanics in inclined, brittle-ductile transpression zones: Insights from 3D finite element modelling

ST Nabavi, SA Alavi, M Díaz-Azpiroz… - Journal of Structural …, 2020 - Elsevier
Most natural examples of transpression zones developed at oblique convergence regime
are inherently 3D and have inclined boundaries. A 3D finite element model with an elasto …

Accretion cycles, structural evolution, and thrust activity in accretionary wedges with various décollement configurations: Insights from sandbox analog modeling

A Noda, F Graveleau, C Witt, F Chanier… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The architecture (geometry, fault network, and stacking pattern of accreted thrust sheets) of
accretionary wedges influences subduction zone processes. However, it remains …

Magmatic record of the Mesozoic geology of Hainan Island and its implications for the Mesozoic tectonomagmatic evolution of SE China: effects of slab geometry and …

Y Dilek, L Tang - Geological Magazine, 2021 - cambridge.org
Our field-based geochemical studies of the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous granitoids on
Hainan Island indicate that their magmas had different geochemical affinities, changing from …

Polygenetic mélange in the retrowedge foredeep of an active arc-continent collision, Coastal Range of eastern Taiwan

LSH Lai, RJ Dorsey, CS Horng, WR Chi, KS Shea… - Sedimentary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Plio-Pleistocene Lichi Mélange in the Coastal Range of eastern Taiwan offers
an excellent opportunity to study processes of mélange development at the continent-ocean …

Thrust tectonics in the Wetterstein and Mieming mountains, and a new tectonic subdivision of the Northern Calcareous Alps of Western Austria and Southern Germany

H Ortner, S Kilian - International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2022 - Springer
We investigate the tectonic evolution of the Wetterstein and Mieming mountains in the
western Northern Calcareous Alps (NCA) of the European Eastern Alps. In-sequence NW …