Casciello, Emilio, Fernàndez, Manuel, Vergés, Jaume, Cesarano, Massimo, Torne, Montserrat (2015) The Alboran domain in the western Mediterranean evolution: the birth of a concept. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, 186 (4) 371-384 doi:10.2113/gssgfbull.186.4-5.371
| Reference Type | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Title | The Alboran domain in the western Mediterranean evolution: the birth of a concept | ||
| Journal | Bulletin de la Société géologique de France | ||
| Authors | Casciello, Emilio | Author | |
| Fernàndez, Manuel | Author | ||
| Vergés, Jaume | Author | ||
| Cesarano, Massimo | Author | ||
| Torne, Montserrat | Author | ||
| Year | 2015 (July 1) | Volume | 186 |
| Issue | 4 | ||
| Publisher | EDP Sciences | ||
| DOI | doi:10.2113/gssgfbull.186.4-5.371Search in ResearchGate | ||
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| Mindat Ref. ID | 530831 | Long-form Identifier | mindat:1:5:530831:0 |
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| Full Reference | Casciello, Emilio, Fernàndez, Manuel, Vergés, Jaume, Cesarano, Massimo, Torne, Montserrat (2015) The Alboran domain in the western Mediterranean evolution: the birth of a concept. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, 186 (4) 371-384 doi:10.2113/gssgfbull.186.4-5.371 | ||
| Plain Text | Casciello, Emilio, Fernàndez, Manuel, Vergés, Jaume, Cesarano, Massimo, Torne, Montserrat (2015) The Alboran domain in the western Mediterranean evolution: the birth of a concept. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, 186 (4) 371-384 doi:10.2113/gssgfbull.186.4-5.371 | ||
| In | (2015, July) Bulletin de la Société géologique de France Vol. 186 (4) EDP Sciences | ||
| Abstract/Notes | Abstract Since the early 70’s the majority of tectonic reconstructions of the western Mediterranean employ the Alboran domain notion as a migrating microcontinent or landmass mainly composed of Paleozoic-Triassic rocks affected by ‘Alpine’ HP-LT metamorphism. For nearly three decades, since the mid-80’s, the Alboran domain was considered as a fragment of the Alpine chain that moved westward, colliding into Iberia and North Africa to produce the Gibraltar arc and Betic-Rif chain. In 2012, a new hypothesis for the evolution of the western Mediterranean was presented in which the Betic-Rif orogenic chain originates from rollback of an initially SE-dipping subduction of the westernmost segments of the Ligurian-Tethys under the Africa margin. This interpretation considers the metamorphic ‘Alboran domain’ rocks as crustal successions of the hyper-extended African and Iberian continental margins, which have undergone a complete subduction-exhumation cycle above a NW- to W-retreating subduction. A key outcome of this hypothesis is that the Alboran domain is not a fragment of the Alpine chain but a consequence of rollback dynamics. In this contribution we try to elucidate the historical reasons behind the classical ‘Alpine’ interpretation of the Betic-Rif, by briefly describing key contributions, which appear linked in a logical sequence that traces the evolution of the Alboran domain concept since its original formulation by Andrieux and coauthors in 1971. | ||
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