Recognizing remnants of magma-poor rifted margins in high-pressure orogenic belts: The Alpine case study

M Beltrando, G Manatschal, G Mohn, GV Dal Piaz… - Earth-Science …, 2014 - Elsevier
Magma-poor rifted margins are being increasingly recognized in present-day Atlantic-type
systems. However, findings of fossil areas floored by exhumed mantle or hyper-extended …

The tectonometamorphic evolution of the Sesia–Dent Blanche nappes (internal Western Alps): review and synthesis

P Manzotti, M Ballevre, M Zucali, M Robyr… - Swiss Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
This study reviews and synthesizes the present knowledge on the Sesia–Dent Blanche
nappes, the highest tectonic elements in the Western Alps (Switzerland and Italy), which …

Multiple P–T–d–t paths reveal the evolution of the final Nuna assembly in northeast Australia

S Volante, A Pourteau, WJ Collins… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The final assembly of the Mesoproterozoic supercontinent Nuna was marked by the collision
of Laurentia and Australia at 1.60 Ga, which is recorded in the Georgetown Inlier of NE …

Multiple metamorphic stages within an eclogite-facies terrane (Sesia Zone, Western Alps) revealed by Th–U–Pb petrochronology

D Regis, D Rubatto, J Darling, B Cenki-Tok… - Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Convergent plate margins typically experience a transition from subduction to collision
dynamics as massive continental blocks enter the subduction channel. Studies of high …

Integration of natural data within a numerical model of ablative subduction: a possible interpretation for the Alpine dynamics of the Austroalpine crust

M Roda, MI Spalla, AM Marotta - Journal of Metamorphic …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
A numerical modelling approach is used to validate the physical and geological reliability of
the ablative subduction mechanism during Alpine convergence in order to interpret the …

Interaction of deformation and metamorphism during subduction and exhumation of hydrated oceanic mantle: Insights from the Western Alps

G Rebay, MI Spalla, D Zanoni - Journal of Metamorphic …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Petrological investigations supported by multi‐scale structural analysis of eclogitized
serpentinite in the Zermatt–Saas Zone of the Western Alps allows for the determination of …

Ocean floor and subduction record in the Zermatt‐Saas rodingites, Valtournanche, Western Alps

D Zanoni, G Rebay, MI Spalla - Journal of Metamorphic …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Multiscale structural analysis and petrological modelling were used to establish the pressure‐
peak mineral assemblages and pressure–temperature (P–T) conditions recorded in the …

[HTML][HTML] Combining traditional and quantitative multiscale structural analysis to reconstruct the tectono-metamorphic evolution of migmatitic basements: the case of the …

F Caso, CB Piloni, M Filippi, A Pezzotta, E Fazio… - Journal of Structural …, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to the ongoing development of new technologies, many instruments are available to
assist geological investigations at different scales. These techniques, including 3D outcrop …

Deciphering orogeny: a metamorphic perspective. Examples from European Alpine and Variscan belts: Part I: Alpine metamorphism in the western Alps. A review

JM Lardeaux - Bulletin de la Société Géologique de …, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
In this paper we review and discuss, in a synthetic historical way, the main results obtained
on Alpine metamorphism in the western Alps. First, we describe the finite metamorphic …

Geology of the Eastern Ligurian Alps: a review of the tectonic units

G Capponi, L Crispini, L Federico… - Italian Journal of …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Alpine and Apennine belts come into contact in Central Ligu ria, in an
extremely complex structural arrangement; this junction is usually referred to as the Ligurian …