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View article: Zipper tectonics in the Tyrrhenian-Apennines system: linking rift inheritance with thrusting, back-arc extension and crustal delamination
Zipper tectonics in the Tyrrhenian-Apennines system: linking rift inheritance with thrusting, back-arc extension and crustal delamination Open
View article: Formation and growth of diapirs in contractional settings: the Mediano anticline and Clamosa diapir case study (Southern Pyrenees)
Formation and growth of diapirs in contractional settings: the Mediano anticline and Clamosa diapir case study (Southern Pyrenees) Open
At the northwestern termination of the South Pyrenean Central Salient, thrust imbrication, detachment folding and diapirism are structurally and genetically related. The La Fueba imbricate system has been folded by the Mediano detachment a…
View article: Surface and subsurface geology of the Hontomín structure, Western Pyrenees
Surface and subsurface geology of the Hontomín structure, Western Pyrenees Open
A detailed geological study was conducted in the Hontomín area in the western Pyrenees, Northern Spain, focusing on structural characterization by integrating available subsurface data with a newly developed surface geological map. It reve…
View article: New Workflow for Bridging the Gap Between Geology Knowledge and Society: The Example of the VIGEOCULT Project and the Orígens Geopark. South-Central Pyrenees
New Workflow for Bridging the Gap Between Geology Knowledge and Society: The Example of the VIGEOCULT Project and the Orígens Geopark. South-Central Pyrenees Open
View article: Formation and growth of diapirs in contractional settings: the Mediano anticline and Clamosa diapir case study (Southern Pyrenees)
Formation and growth of diapirs in contractional settings: the Mediano anticline and Clamosa diapir case study (Southern Pyrenees) Open
At the northwestern termination of the South Pyrenean Central Salient, thrust imbrication, detachment folding and diapirism are structurally and genetically related. The La Fueba imbricate system has been folded by the Mediano detachment a…
View article: Strained Graphene as Pristine Graphene with DeformedMomentum Operator
Strained Graphene as Pristine Graphene with DeformedMomentum Operator Open
We explore the equivalence between the low-energy dynamics of strained graphene and a quantum mechanical framework for the 2D-Dirac equation in flat space with deformed momentum operator. By considering some common forms of the anisotropic…
View article: Geology of the Golobar and Rumaceo faults, Basque-Cantabrian Pyrenees
Geology of the Golobar and Rumaceo faults, Basque-Cantabrian Pyrenees Open
The lateral transition between different styles of deformation is crucial for understanding local-scale structures since it influences orogenic reconstructions at the crustal scale. This is especially important at the westernmost Basque-Ca…
View article: Geometrical characterization of fracture systems using point clouds and SEFL-Software: example of the Añisclo anticline carbonate platform, Central Pyrenees
Geometrical characterization of fracture systems using point clouds and SEFL-Software: example of the Añisclo anticline carbonate platform, Central Pyrenees Open
Natural fracture systems contribute significantly to rock mass anisotropies. Characterizing these systems is essential for understanding processes of fluid flow, energy exploration and storage, slope stability or tectonic processes that ca…
View article: Gravitational Faraday Effect induced by Dark Matter Spin
Gravitational Faraday Effect induced by Dark Matter Spin Open
We show that the spin of dark matter induces a gravitational analog of the electromagnetic Faraday effect, where the polarization of gravitational waves undergoes a rotation as they propagate through a dark matter halo with a non-vanishing…
View article: A crustal balanced-cross section across the central Apennines and the relationship between thick- and thin-skinned tectonics
A crustal balanced-cross section across the central Apennines and the relationship between thick- and thin-skinned tectonics Open
The Apennines form part of the Africa-Eurasia convergent plate boundary and are cored by two diachronous back-arc basins formed in response to slab retreat, separated by the Sardinia-Corsica continental ribbon. Subduction of oceanic lithos…
View article: Reconstructing a Super-Eruption From the Upper Ordovician Period in the Eastern Pyrenees, Spain
Reconstructing a Super-Eruption From the Upper Ordovician Period in the Eastern Pyrenees, Spain Open
The Pyrenean basement rocks, NE of the Iberian Peninsula, southwestern Europe, include evidence of several pre-Variscan magmatic episodes which indicate the complex geodynamic history of this segment of the northern Gondwana margin from la…
View article: Deformation, evolution and controls of halokinetic megaflaps driven by vertically-stacked and laterally-shifting depocenters
Deformation, evolution and controls of halokinetic megaflaps driven by vertically-stacked and laterally-shifting depocenters Open
Megaflaps comprise steeply dipping to overturned panels of the oldest suprasalt strata flanking steep diapirs, and represent the roofs of early inflated salt. These large-scale structures result from salt-sediment interaction at minibasin …
View article: Salt Distribution in the South Pyrenean Central Salient: Insights From Gravity Anomalies
Salt Distribution in the South Pyrenean Central Salient: Insights From Gravity Anomalies Open
Triassic evaporites represent the regional décollement of the Pyrenees and form two salt provinces north and south of the South Pyrenean Central Salient (SPCS). We present an updated Bouguer and residual Bouguer anomaly map built upon the …
View article: Geology of the eastern tip of the El Tordell Fault, Southern Pyrenees
Geology of the eastern tip of the El Tordell Fault, Southern Pyrenees Open
Along strike variations of frontal structures at fold and thrust belts allow us deciphering the evolution of contractional structures at early stages of deformation but also, how processes such as salt mobilisation, thrust emplacement, and…
View article: Basement geometry and cover-basement relationships in the central-western Jaca basin (southern Pyrenees): along-strike variations and role of structural inheritance
Basement geometry and cover-basement relationships in the central-western Jaca basin (southern Pyrenees): along-strike variations and role of structural inheritance Open
Pre- or syn-orogenic décollements in the external domains of fold-and-thrust belts enhance the decoupling between basement and cover folds and thrusts. In this structural setting, deciphering the degree of basement involvement and the…
View article: Rift inheritance in a fold-and-thrust belt evolution: Central Apennine crustal balanced cross-section
Rift inheritance in a fold-and-thrust belt evolution: Central Apennine crustal balanced cross-section Open
The Apennines fold-and-thrust belt builds part of the Africa-Eurasia convergent plate boundary. It developed due to the Neogene subduction of the Alpine Tethys underneath Europe and to the subsequent involvement of the Adria microplate rif…
View article: Cover-basement relationships in a fold-and-thrust belt with inherited uneven weak horizons distribution: example from the southern Pyrenees across the Jaca basin
Cover-basement relationships in a fold-and-thrust belt with inherited uneven weak horizons distribution: example from the southern Pyrenees across the Jaca basin Open
We present a new cross-section across the Jaca basin in the southern Pyrenees, aiming to analyze the temporal and spatial distribution of deformation in a fold-and-thrust belt. In this study, we have integrated all available subsurface dat…
View article: Using salt diapirs and minibasins to constrain interpretations of crustal rifting and inversion in the Basque Pyrenees, Spain
Using salt diapirs and minibasins to constrain interpretations of crustal rifting and inversion in the Basque Pyrenees, Spain Open
Published interpretations across the Basque Pyrenees vary significantly in their depictions of rifting and subsequent inversion. Major points of disagreement relate to: (i) the asymmetry of the margin, i.e., whether the major extensional a…
View article: The influence of the geometry of salt detachments on thrust salient development: An analogue modelling approach based on the South-Central Pyrenean thrust salient
The influence of the geometry of salt detachments on thrust salient development: An analogue modelling approach based on the South-Central Pyrenean thrust salient Open
Inspired by the structural evolution of the South-Central Pyrenean Thrust Salient we have designed an experimental program to investigate the role of the geometry of viscous detachments on the formation of thrust salients. The precontracti…
View article: Structural Evolution of the Handun Salt Diapir, Zagros Fold and Thrust Belt
Structural Evolution of the Handun Salt Diapir, Zagros Fold and Thrust Belt Open
View article: Interplay of downbuilding and gliding in salt-bearing rifted margins: Insights from analogue modeling and natural case studies
Interplay of downbuilding and gliding in salt-bearing rifted margins: Insights from analogue modeling and natural case studies Open
Our analogue modelling programme simulates a thermally subsiding rifted margin with a regional late syn-rift to early post-rift salt basin. End-member models included i) pure downbuilding in a confined salt basin and ii) dominant gliding o…
View article: Inversion of accommodation zones in salt-bearing extensional systems: insights from analog modeling
Inversion of accommodation zones in salt-bearing extensional systems: insights from analog modeling Open
This work uses sandbox analog models to analyze the formation and subsequent inversion of a decoupled extensional system comprised of two segmented half-grabens separated by a diffuse accommodation zone with thick early syn-rift salt. The …
View article: The Northern Calcareous Alps revisited: Formation of a hyperextended margin and mantle exhumation in the Northern Calcareous Alps sector of the Neo-Tethys (Eastern Alps, Austria)
The Northern Calcareous Alps revisited: Formation of a hyperextended margin and mantle exhumation in the Northern Calcareous Alps sector of the Neo-Tethys (Eastern Alps, Austria) Open
View article: Role of inheritance during tectonic inversion of a rift system in basement-involved to salt-decoupled transition: analogue modelling and application to the Pyrenean–Biscay system
Role of inheritance during tectonic inversion of a rift system in basement-involved to salt-decoupled transition: analogue modelling and application to the Pyrenean–Biscay system Open
The reactivation of former rift systems and passive margins during tectonic inversion and their incorporation into fold-and-thrust belts result in significant structural differences not only between internal and external domains, but also …
View article: Interplay between bathymetry, subsidence, and sedimentation in the configuration of halokinetic sequences at the deepwater Bakio Diapir (Basque-Cantabrian Basin, Pyrenees)
Interplay between bathymetry, subsidence, and sedimentation in the configuration of halokinetic sequences at the deepwater Bakio Diapir (Basque-Cantabrian Basin, Pyrenees) Open
The Bakio Diapir is one of the few exposed deepwater passive diapirs, with both synkinematic carbonate and siliciclastic strata. It is located at the northern margin of the Basque-Cantabrian Basin. This basin developed between the Iberian …
View article: Salt-influenced fold-and-thrust belts: insights from experimental analog models
Salt-influenced fold-and-thrust belts: insights from experimental analog models Open
In this work, we experimentally explore the role played by salt in contractional systems: from simple layer-cake, salt-floored settings to inverted salt-bearing rifted-margins, the inherent low-strength rheology of salt and its distributio…
View article: Gravity-constraint salt distribution and migration model in the South Pyrenean Central Salient
Gravity-constraint salt distribution and migration model in the South Pyrenean Central Salient Open
Upon shortening, salt distribution determines the formation of salients and reentrants in fold-and-thrust belts. Such distribution is controlled by the original sedimentary architecture of the salt basin and subsequent post-sedimentary sal…
View article: A new crustal balanced cross-section through the Central Apennines (Italy)
A new crustal balanced cross-section through the Central Apennines (Italy) Open
The Apennines fold-and-thrust belt, forming part of the Africa-Eurasia plate boundary, developed due to the Neogene subduction of the Alpine Tethys underneath Europe and to the subsequent involvement of the Adria rifted margin into the col…
View article: From salt-detached gravity-driven extension of a rifted margin to its inversion: The Cotiella Massif case study (Southern Pyrenees)
From salt-detached gravity-driven extension of a rifted margin to its inversion: The Cotiella Massif case study (Southern Pyrenees) Open
The Cotiella Massif is included in the Cotiella-Bóixols thrust-sheet, one of the three imbricated thrust sheets of the South-Pyrenean thrust system. It originated from the inversion of the Cotiella Basin, a post-rift gravity-driven sa…
View article: Inversion of transfer zones in salt-bearing extensional systems: insights from analogue modeling
Inversion of transfer zones in salt-bearing extensional systems: insights from analogue modeling Open
This work uses sandbox analogue models to analyze the formation and subsequent inversion of a decoupled extensional system comprised of two segmented half-grabens with thick early syn-rift salt. The segmented half grabens strike perpendicu…