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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-14-1221-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-14-1221-2023
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07 Dec 2023
Research article |  | 07 Dec 2023

Oblique rifting triggered by slab tearing: the case of the Alboran rifted margin in the eastern Betics

Marine Larrey, Frédéric Mouthereau, Damien Do Couto, Emmanuel Masini, Anthony Jourdon, Sylvain Calassou, and Véronique Miegebielle

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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.
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