1 IntroductionFigure I.1. Location of the case examples described in the nine chapters of Volu...

      2 Chapter 1Figure 1.1. Location maps of the Western Iberian Margin. a) Bathymetric and topo...Figure 1.2. Cross-sections through the Iberian-Newfoundland conjugated rifted ma...Figure 1.3. Structure of the Deep Galicia Margin. Top: summary of drilling resul...Figure 1.4. Structure of the Southern Iberia Abyssal PlainFigure 1.5. The extension discrepancy across the Iberian margin. a) The Flemish ...Figure 1.6. Summary of fault heaves analysis from the Galicia 3D volume and evol...Figure 1.7. Models proposed to explain fault development and the evolution of th...

      3 Chapter 2Figure 2.1a. Map of the North Atlantic with locations of the Vøring and Møre seg...Figure 2.1b. Mid-Norwegian margin, with main structural elements and localizatio...Figure 2.2a. Section from the NE Møre margin in the area of the Slørebotn Subbas...Figure 2.2b. Bottom right: section from the NE Møre basin. Location in Figure 2....Figure 2.2c. Top: section through central parts of the Vøring Basin from the Trø...Figure 2.3. Rotated fault-blocks with pre-Middle Triassic sedimentary wedges on ...Figure 2.4. Seismic images of faults that constitute the inner and outer necking...Figure 2.5. The distal breakaway complex (DBC) as imaged northwest of the Slettr...Figure 2.6. Synthetic, schematic cartoon (not to scale) illustrating the main st...

      4 Chapter 3Figure 3.1. a) Reconstruction at Permo-Triassic time (~250 Ma) (Olivet, Aslanian...Figure 3.2. Break-up and dispersion of the Pangea. Top: movement from Sinemurian...Figure 3.3. General tectono-structural map of the South Atlantic Ocean at Chron ...Figure 3.4. Kinematic reconstruction at M0 (Barremian, Moulin, Aslanian, unpubli...Figure 3.5. Comparison in the Central Segment of the South Atlantic Ocean of the...Figure 3.6. Left top: line drawing based on Industrial MCS data; left bottom: wi...Figure 3.7. Some results of different combined MCS wide-angle seismic experiment...Figure 3.8. Three-phase model of passive margin evolution showing the primordial...

      5 Chapter 4Figure 4.1. Simplified geological map of the Gulf of AdenFigure 4.2. Diagram of longitudinal evolution of sedimentary systems and eroding...Figure 4.3. Seismic interpretation of 3N and 3S conjugate sections in the Ahl Me...Figure 4.4a. a) Seismic profile of the southern margin and its interpretation wi...Figure 4.4b. a) Seismic profile of the northern margin and its interpretation wi...Figure 4.5. 3D block representing a bedrock scarp at the end of the ocean-contin...

      6 Chapter 5Figure 5.1. Top: two distant margins separated by a large ocean will have lost t...Figure 5.2. Top: the intensely rifted continental crust of the South China Sea (...Figure 5.3. Typical features of the South China Sea on the stretched part of the...Figure 5.4. Sketches of two seismic sections in the SW sub-basin of the South Ch...Figure 5.5. Top: schematic section of the central part of the Phu Khanh basin il...Figure 5.6. Top: correlation of the ridge jump accompanied by a reorganization o...Figure 5.7. Comparison of the tectonic evolution in the passive SCS margin and t...Figure 5.8. Observed and predicted tectonic subsidence histories of 10 represent...

      7 Chapter 6Figure 6.1. a) Topography and bathymetry of the Circum-Arctic region (north of 6...Figure 6.2. Conjugate continental margins in the Canada Basin. a) Crustal struct...Figure 6.3. Conjugate continental margins in the Eurasia Basin. a) and b) Interp...Figure 6.4. Plate tectonic reconstructions for the time of first seafloor spread...

      8 Chapter 7Figure 7.1a. Schematic paleogeographic maps of the Alpine Tethys region during t...Figure 7.1b. Simplified tectonic map of the Alpine orogen straddling France, Swi...Figure 7.1c. Interpretation of the NFP 20 seismic section across the Central Alp...Figure 7.2. Major players of the “Plate Tectonic revolution” in the Alps: a) Edu...Figure 7.3a. Schematic section of a magma-poor, lower plate rifted margin and lo...Figure 7.3b. Synthetic reconstruction of a composite transect across the Alpine ...Figure 7.4. Main phases of the Alpine Tethys rifting: a) initial stage; b) stret...

      9 Chapter 8Figure 8.1. Paleogeographic reconstruction of East Rodinia before opening of the...Figure 8.2. Simplified map of the central and northern Scandinavian Caledonides....Figure 8.3. Photomosaic from the “Favoritkammen” locality in Sarek National Park...Figure 8.4. Diagram of the outer domain of the Iapetus magma-rich rifted margin ...

      10 Chapter 9Figure 9.1. The Pyrenean–Cantabrian chain. a) Simplified map and position of the...Figure 9.2. The concept of smooth-slope basins: a model of the Cretaceous basin ...Figure 9.3. Theoretical diagram showing the geometry of major faults allowing la...Figure 9.4. Basins involved in the evolution of the diffuse Eurasian/Iberian bou...Figure 9.5. Theoretical ranking of the smooth-sloping basins of the peri-Pyrenea...Figure 9.6. Mechanisms of continental crustal thinning and mantle exhumation. Co...Figure 9.7. Differences between the Iberian–Newfoundland and the Pyrenean-type m...Figure 9.8. One of several paleogeographic reconstructions available for the Tri...Figure 9.9. Structure of non-volcanic passive hyper-thinned continental margins....

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      2  Table of Contents

      3  Title Page

      4  Copyright

      5  Introduction