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Oblique rifting triggered by slab tearing: the case of the Alboran rifted margin in the eastern Betics
Marine Larrey
Université Paul Sabatier, Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, GET UMR 5563, Toulouse, France
TOTAL S.A., Centre Scientifique & Technique Jean Féger, 64000 Pau, France
Frédéric Mouthereau
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Université Paul Sabatier, Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, GET UMR 5563, Toulouse, France
Damien Do Couto
Sorbonne Université, CNRS-INSU, Institut des Sciences de la Terre Paris, ISTeP UMR 7193, 75005 Paris, France
Emmanuel Masini
M&U sas, 38360 Sassenage, France
Anthony Jourdon
Institute of Geophysics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
Sylvain Calassou
TOTAL S.A., Centre Scientifique & Technique Jean Féger, 64000 Pau, France
Véronique Miegebielle
TOTAL S.A., Centre Scientifique & Technique Jean Féger, 64000 Pau, France
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Short summary
Extension leading to the formation of ocean–continental transition can be highly oblique to the main direction of crustal thinning. Here we explore the case of a continental margin exposed in the Betics that developed in a back-arc setting perpendicular to the direction of the retreating Gibraltar subduction. We show that transtension is the main mode of crustal deformation that led to the development of metamorphic domes and extensional intramontane basins.
Extension leading to the formation of ocean–continental transition can be highly oblique to the...
