Abstract The Pannonian Basin is a sediment-filled back-arc basin which was formed during the Late Paleogene–Neogene period. Such sedimentary rocks like bauxites or kaolinites, are important with regard to industry in region, products of former weathering processes. However, our knowledge about palaeoenvironmental conditions led formation these mineral resources has not yet been integrated. For ...

Late Miocene (12-5 Ma) extension around the edges of the Gulf of California has been alternatively attributed to "Basin and Range" extension, back arc extension, or development of the Pacific-North America plate boundary. This extension was ENE directed and similar in structural style to extension in the Basin and Range province. Timing constraints permit nearly synchronous onset of this deform...

Continental indentation is associated with deformation transfer from shortening to strike-slip faulting and often affected by subduction related processes such as slab roll-back driven back-arc extension. We use crustal-scale analogue modelling investigate the effects of extension direction on strain partitioning during indentation. The results show that parallel margin indenter creates subside...

■ Abstract Growth of the Japanese arc system, which has mainly taken place along the continental margin of Asia since the Permian, is the result of subduction of the ancient Pacific ocean floor. Backarc basin formation in the Tertiary shaped the presentday arc configuration. The neotectonic regime, which is characterized by strong eastwest compression, has been triggered by the eastward motion ...