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Evidence for slab rollback in westernmost Mediterranean from improved upper mantle imaging
Maximiliano Bezada,Eugene D. Humphreys,Douglas R. Toomey,Mimoun Harnafi,J.M. Dávila,Josep Gallart +5 more
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In this paper, the deployment and data processing for Spanish stations was funded by Consolider-Ingenio 2010 project TOPO-IBERIA (CSD2006-00041) as well as ALERT-ES (CGL2010-19803-C03-02).About:
This article is published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters.The article was published on 2013-04-15. It has received 181 citations till now.read more
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Mantle dynamics in the Mediterranean
Claudio Faccenna,Thorsten W. Becker,Ludwig Auer,Andrea Billi,Lapo Boschi,Jean-Pierre Brun,Fabio A. Capitanio,Francesca Funiciello,Ferenc Horváth,Laurent Jolivet,Claudia Piromallo,Leigh H. Royden,Federico Rossetti,Enrico Serpelloni +13 more
TL;DR: In this article, a conceptual and quantitative framework for the causes of surface deformation in the Mediterranean is discussed, which can be outlined by two, almost symmetric, upper mantle convection cells.
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Origin and consequences of western Mediterranean subduction, rollback, and slab segmentation
TL;DR: In this article, the authors address the questions of what caused Oligocene rollback initiation, and how its subsequent evolution split up an originally coherent fore arc into circum-southwest Mediterranean segments.
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Atlas of the underworld : Slab remnants in the mantle, their sinking history, and a new outlook on lower mantle viscosity
Douwe G. van der Meer,Douwe G. van der Meer,Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen,Wim Spakman,Wim Spakman +4 more
TL;DR: The Atlas of the Underworld as discussed by the authors is a compilation comprising subduction systems active in the past ~300Myr, assuming no relative horizontal motions between adjacent slabs following break-off, but without assuming a mantle reference frame.
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Finite-frequency Rayleigh wave tomography of the western Mediterranean: Mapping its lithospheric structure
Imma Palomeras,S. Thurner,Alan Levander,K. Liu,Antonio Villaseñor,Ramón Carbonell,Mimoun Harnafi +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a 3D shear wave velocity model for the crust and upper mantle of the western Mediterranean from Rayleigh wave tomography was presented, where the authors analyzed the fundamental mode in the 20-167 s period band (6.0-50.0 mHz) from earthquakes recorded by a number of temporary and permanent seismograph arrays.
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Crust and upper mantle of the western Mediterranean – Constraints from full-waveform inversion
TL;DR: In this article, a full-wave-form tomographic model of the western Mediterranean crust and mantle constructed from complete three-component recordings from permanent and temporary networks is presented, which includes body and multi-mode surface waves in the period range from 12-150 s.
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Reconstruction of the tectonic evolution of the western Mediterranean since the Oligocene
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a tectonic synthesis and an animation of the tectonics of the western Mediterranean since the Oligocene, based on data derived from different geological datasets, such as structural geology, the distribution of metamorphic rocks, magmatic activity, sedimentary patterns, palaeomagnetic data and geophysics.
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Evidence for active subduction beneath Gibraltar
Marc-André Gutscher,J. Malod,Jean-Pierre Réhault,Isabelle Contrucci,Frauke Klingelhoefer,L. Mendes-Victor,Wim Spakman +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a marine seismic survey that images an active accretionary wedge west of Gibraltar is reported, indicating ongoing westward-vergent tectonic shortening, and provides compelling evidence for an active east-dipping subduction zone.
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A Tomographic View on Western Mediterranean Geodynamics
Wim Spakman,Rinus Wortel +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors search for subduction remnants of the entire Cenozoic evolution in the recent global tomography model of Bijwaard and Spakman (2000) and compare these tomography results and their interpretations with those obtained in previous studies.
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Neogene and Quaternary rollback evolution of the Tyrrhenian Sea, the Apennines, and the Sicilian Maghrebides
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reconstruct the evolution of the Tyrrhenian Sea and show that the major stage of rifting associated with the opening of this basin began at similar to 10 Ma.
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Geophysical evidence for lithospheric delamination beneath the Alboran Sea and Rif–Betic mountains
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an episode of active delamination of a piece of continental lithosphere, which is inferred as a high-velocity, seismically active, rigid body in the upper mantle.