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Interplay of tectonics and magmatism during post-rift inversion on the central West Iberian Margin (Estremadura Spur)
ABSTRACT: The combined effects of post-rift magma emplacement and tectonic inversion on
the hyper-extended West Iberian Margin are unravelled in detail using multichan nel 2D/3D seismic data. The Estremadura Spur, acting as an uplifted crustal block
bounded by two first-order transfer zones, shows evidence of four post-rift tectonic
events each with a distinctive seismic-stratigraphic response that can be used to dem onstrate the tectono-magmatic interplay, namely: (a) the Campanian onset of mag matism (including the Fontanelas Volcano, the widespread evidence of multiple sill
complexes and the detailed description of a >20 km long laccolith, the Estremadura
Spur Intrusion; (b) the Campanian-Maastrichtian NE-SW event pervasively affecting
the area, resulting in regional uplift, reverse faulting and folding; (c) the Paleocene mid Eocene inversion that resulted in widespread erosion and; (d) the Oligocene-mid
Miocene evidence of rejuvenated NW-SE inversion marked by crestal faulting and
forced-fault folding establishing the final geometry of the area. The distinct deforma tion styles within each tectonic phase document a case of decoupled deformation be tween Late Cretaceous and Tertiary units, in response to the predominant stress field
evolution, revealing that the magnitude of Late Cretaceous inversion is far more sig nificant than the one affecting the latter units. A detailed analysis of the laccolith and
its overburden demonstrate the distinct deformation patterns associated both with
magma ascent (including extensional faulting, forced-folding and concentric reverse
faulting) and its interference as a rigid intrusive body during subsequent transpres sive inversion. This reinforces the role that the combined tectono-magmatic events
played on the margin. Also analysed is the wider impact of post-rift magmatism and
the associate emplacement of sub-lithospheric magma on the rheology of a thinned
continental crust. This takes into account the simultaneous tectonic inversion of the
margin, the implied alternative views on characteristic heat flow, and on how these
can be incorporated in source rock organic maturity modelling.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Formation and deformation of hyperextended rift systems: Insights from rift domain mapping in the Bay of Biscay-Pyrenees
International audienceThe Bay of Biscay and the Pyrenees correspond to a Lower Cretaceous rift system including both oceanic and hyperextended rift domains. The transition from preserved oceanic and rift domains in the West to their complete inversion in the East enables us to study the progressive reactivation of a hyperextended rift system. We use seismic interpretation, gravity inversion, and field mapping to identify and map former rift domains and their subsequent reactivation. We propose a new map and sections across the system illustrating the progressive integration of the rift domains into the orogen. This study aims to provide insights on the formation of hyperextended rift systems and discuss their role during reactivation. Two spatially and temporally distinct rift systems can be distinguished: the Bay of Biscay-Parentis and the Pyrenean-Basque-Cantabrian rifts. While the offshore Bay of Biscay represent a former mature oceanic domain, the fossil remnants of hyperextended domains preserved onshore in the Pyrenean-Cantabrian orogen record distributed extensional deformation partitioned between strongly segmented rift basins. Reactivation initiated in the exhumed mantle domain before it affected the hyperthinned domain. Both domains accommodated most of the shortening. The final architecture of the orogen is acquired once the conjugate necking domains became involved in collisional processes. The complex 3-D architecture of the initial rift system may partly explain the heterogeneous reactivation of the overall system. These results have important implications for the formation and reactivation of hyperextended rift systems and for the restoration of the Bay of Biscay and Pyrenean domain
Kinematic and thermal evolution of the Moroccan rifted continental margin: Doukkala-High Atlas Transect
The Atlantic passive margin of Morocco developed during Mesozoic times in association with the opening of the Central Atlantic and the Alpine Tethys. Extensional basins formed along the future continental margin and in the Atlas rift system. In Alpine times, this system was inverted to form the High and Middle Atlas fold-and-thrust belts. To provide a quantitative kinematic analysis of the evolution of the rifted margin, we present a crustal section crossing the Atlantic margin in the region of the Doukkala Basin, the Meseta and the Atlas system. We construct a post-rift upper crustal section compensating for Tertiary to present vertical movements and horizontal deformations, and we conduct numerical modeling to test quantitative relations between amounts and distribution of thinning and related vertical movements. Rifting along the transect began in the Late Triassic and ended with the appearance of oceanic crust at 175 Ma. Subsidence, possibly related to crustal thinning, continued in the Atlas rift in the Middle Jurassic. The numerical models confirm that the margin experienced a polyphase rifting history. The lithosphere along the transect preserved some strength throughout rifting with the Effective Elastic Thickness corresponding to an isotherm of 450°C. A mid-crustal level of necking of 15 km characterized the pre-rift lithosphere. © 2010 by the American Geophysical Union
Oligocene–Miocene carbonates in the Reed Bank area, South China Sea, and their tectono-sedimentary evolution
The tectonic significance of the Cabo Frio Tectonic Domain in the SE Brazilian margin: a Paleoproterozoic through Cretaceous saga of a reworked continental margin
The final rifting evolution at deep magma-poor passive margins from iberia-newfoundland: A new point of view.
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From microcontinents to extensional allochthons: Witnesses of how continents rift and break apart.
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Mechanisms of continental extension at the magma-poor rifted margins: constraints from the Iberia/Newfoundland and Alpine Tethys margins
Structural comparison of archetypal Atlantic rifted margins: A review of observations and concepts.
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