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Mechanical decoupling of high-pressure crustal units during continental subduction. [PDF]
, 2008 International audienceThe mechanics of the transition from continental subduction toward upper crustal nappe stacking is still poorly understood and is studied here through a 2D thermal and strength numerical modelling of a subducted passive margin ...
Brun, Jean-Pierre +3 more
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Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 2022 We make use of own geological mapping, interpretations of seismic reflection profiles and deep geophysical data to build a lithospheric-scale cross-section across the European Western Southern Alps (Varese area) and to model a progressive restoration ...
Emanuele Scaramuzzo +4 more
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On the origin of the North Pacific arcs [PDF]
, 2004 We present a new hypothesis that relates global plate tectonics to the formation of marginal basins, island arcs, spreading ridges and arc-shaped mountain belts around the North Pacific Ocean.
Fornós, Joan J. +3 more
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Comptes Rendus. Géoscience, 2005 Compared to non-volcanic ones, volcanic passive margins mark continental break-up over a hotter mantle, probably subject to small-scale convection. They present distinctive genetic and structural features. High-rate extension of the lithosphere is associated with catastrophic mantle melting responsible for the accretion of a thick igneous crust ...
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Classification and hydrocarbon distribution of passive continental margin basins
Petroleum Exploration and Development, 2016 Sixty-six passive continental margin basins around the world were compared comprehensively from the aspect of seismogeology on the basis of plate tectonics.
Zhixin WEN +6 more
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Slab Subduction and Pull Link Magmatism at Active and Passive Continental Margins
Geophysical Research LettersSubduction leads to voluminous arc magmatism at active continental margins; however, the potential far‐field geodynamic connections with coeval magmatism along opposing passive margins, are rarely investigated.
Li‐Qun Dai +5 more
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Rifting and arc-related early Paleozoic volcanism along the North Gondwana margin: geochemical and geological evidence from Sardinia (Italy) [PDF]
, 2012 Three series of volcanic rocks accumulated during the Cambrian to Silurian in the metasediment-dominated Variscan basement of Sardinia. They provide a record of the changing geodynamic setting of the North Gondwana margin between Upper Cambrian and ...
BUZZI L +3 more
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Nature Communications, 2022 This research reports a 2.5-billion year-old passive margin formed in accreting archipelagos, highlighting the contribution of early continent formation and the relationship between continental stabilization and early atmospheric oxygen rise.
Yaying Peng +7 more
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Petroleum geology and resources in West Africa: An overview
Petroleum Exploration and Development, 2008 The passive continental margin of West Africa is becoming an attractive area for hydrocarbon exploration, and it experienced four tectonic stages, i.e. pre-rift, syn-rift, transitional and post-rift (drifting) stages.
Jian-Ping LIU +5 more
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Geosciences, 2022 Geological mapping, stratigraphic observations, and U/Pb dating allow reconstructing the pre-orogenic setting of the transition zone between the distal European passive margin and the Alpine Tethys in the southwestern Alps.
Gianni Balestro +4 more
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