Platform-basin transitions and their role in Alpine-style collision systems : a comparative approach

CB acknowledges financial support from Optimus (Aberdeen) ltd. Petroceltic International plc are thanked for providing access to the subsurface data used in this study and for permission to publish images used here. Schlumberger are thanked for providing use of Petrel software under their academic agreement with the University of Aberdeen. RWHB thanks the organisers of the 12th Emile Argand Conference on Alpine Geological Studies for the invitation and financial support to participate in the Montgenevre workshop. Reviewers Enrico Tavarnelli, Thierry Dumont and editors Christian Sue and Stefan Schmid are all thanked for their comments that have significantly improved this contribution.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Identifying multiple detachment horizons and an evolving thrust history through cross-section restoration and appraisal in the Moine Thrust Belt, NW Scotland

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Basement-cover tectonics, structural inheritance, and deformation migration in the outer parts of orogenic belts : A view from the western Alps

The account presented here is based on many years of Alpine research by the author and numerous discussions with individuals on Alpine and other tectonics. I especially thank Bill McCaffrey and others within the Leeds Turbidites Research Group for initiating me in the ways of deep-marine clastic sedimentology. Mark Cooper and Steve Matthews are thanked for their acute comments on an earlier draft of this manuscript. I also thank Editor Rick Law for his patience with this manuscript.Peer reviewedPostprin

Photograph of the month : Large-scale basement-cover deformation in the alps

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Stratigraphic variations control deformation patterns in evaporite basins : Messinian examples, onshore and offshore Sicily (Italy)

Acknowledgements and Funding We are grateful to Ente Minerario Siciliano and Italkali for the provision of extensive subsurface data from Realmonte, Corvillo and Mandre areas. We thank F. Peel and an anonymous referee for comments. Seismic reflection data are available for inspection and interpretation at the Virtual Seismic Atlas (www. seismicatlas.org). R.M. acknowledges a MIUR Cofin-PRIN 2010–2011 grant.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Influence of structural position on fracture networks in the Torridon Group, Achnashellach fold and thrust belt, NW Scotland

Acknowledgements This research is funded by a NERC CASE studentship (NERC code NE/I018166/1) in partnership with Midland Valley. The authors thank Midland Valley for use of FieldMove Clino software for fracture data collection, and Move software for cross section construction, and strain modelling. 3D Field software is acknowledged for contour map creation. We also thank Toru Takeshita for overseeing the editorial process, and Catherine Hanks and Ole Petter Wennberg for constructive reviews.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Using laterally compatible cross sections to infer fault growth and linkage models in foreland thrust belts

This research is partially funded by a CGG-financed pathfinder project, and formed part of a study by the Fold-Thrust Research Group at the University of Aberdeen, co-funded by InterOil, Oil Search and Santos. We also thank Nicolas Bellahsen and Stefano Tavani for constructive reviews.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Tectonic evolution of the Himalayan syntaxes : the view from Nanga Parbat

Acknowledgements: I was introduced to the Himalayas by Mike Coward in the mid-1980s and remain indebted to him for inspiring a career studying orogenic tectonics. I also thank the numerous colleagues both from the UK and from Peshawar University who were companions on many field campaigns, especially around Nanga Parbat. This contribution has been greatly improved by incisive reviews by Tom Argles and Phaedra Upton, although, of course, the author takes full responsibility for the views presented here. Finally, I thank Peter Treloar for inviting this review and for his patience while I put it together. Funding: Over the years this research has been variously supported by the UK’s Natural Environment Research Council and the Royal Society. Published in: Himalayan Tectonics: A Modern Synthesis.Peer reviewedPostprin

Syn-kinematic sedimentary systems as constraints on the structural response of thrust belts : re-examining the structural style of the Maghrebian thrust belt of Eastern Sicily

We are indebted to the generosity of the late Fabio Lentini. While he may not have agreed with our findings, he nevertheless openly and cheerfully shared his mapping and insight of Sicilian geology. This work also builds upon many years’ collaboration between us, initiated by the late Mario Grasso (the Pantagruelian Master of Speranza et alii, 2018). The mapping of Lentini, Grasso and colleagues represents a remarkable resource for future geologists. We dedicate this contribution to their memory. We thank Sveva Corrado and an anonymous referee for constructive comments on an earlier draft of this paper. Butler’s Sicilian field research has been variously funded by the UK’s Natural Environment Research Council and the Royal Society. Maniscalco acknowledges “Fondi per la Ricerca di AteneoPiano per la Ricerca 2016/2018”. Pinter was supported through a PhD grant funded by the BG Group (now Shell) and Brazil’s National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq).Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Tracking sand-fairways through a deformed turbidite system : the Numidian (Miocene) of Central Sicily, Italy

The research presented here is funded by BG Group in partnership with CNPq-Brazil (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development). Rosanna Maniscalco acknowledges a FIR 2014 grant awarded from the University of Catania. We thank Christian Haug Eide, David Hodgson and Enrico Tavarnelli for constructive and thorough reviews on an earlier draft that have greatly improved this contribution.Peer reviewedPublisher PD