Unlike well-known plateaus associated with Cenozoic orogens, the Appalachian and Ozark Plateaus of eastern United States fringe foreland side a long inactive deeply eroded orogen. These intracratonic (FIPs), which are underlain by sub-horizontal cratonic-platform strata and, in places, foreland-basin strata, now lie 0.5–1.2 km above sea level, notably higher than adjacent fold-thrust belts. An ...

Quantitative models of large and widely populated Quaternary foreland basins, which host relevant resources like groundwater, heat, fertile soils, may be computed if space–time the basin fills are available. The paper presents combination geometrical (space) evolutionary (time) constraints to model stratigraphy in southern Po Lombardy, disentangling tectonic climatic controls. Five high-rank un...

Here, we study slate microfabrics from the exhumed accretionary wedge of central European Alps and focus on development foliation. High-resolution micrographs novel BIB-SEM imaging Synchrotron X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy are analysed with 2D auto-correlation functions to quantify geometry spacing along a metamorphic gradient covering outer inner (200–330 °C). The sedimentary layering primaril...

A line-length balanced palinspastic reconstruction across the Himachal Himalaya is presented, highlighting different phases of Himalayan tectonic development: Eocene shortening of the north Indian margin, Early–Middle Miocene emplacement of the crystalline core, and subsequent growth of the range by underplating. The total preserved shortening is 518 km (72%). The reconstruction demonstrates ge...

[1] The southern Canadian foreland fold-and-thrust belt (FFTB) (SW Alberta–SE British Columbia) records the interplay between foreland basin evolution with the deformingwedge and thus controls the regionalscale overburden and exhumation history. Overburden estimates are typically based on the assumption that peak burials were reached by sedimentary burial prior to the emplacement of thrust shee...

The evolution of central Patagonia is associated with episodic shortening and extension that have greatly affected the topography Cordillera intraplate belt. San Jorge Basin a site sediment accumulation in foreland surrounded by igneous broken relief. latter originated from deformation reactivation inherited structures period slab shallowing allowed far-field transmission Andean stresses to for...