Cenozoic uplift of Variscan Massifs in the Alpine foreland: Timing and controlling mechanisms

Ziegler, Peter A.; Dèzes, P.

doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.12.004

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“…However, regional uplift occurred arising from underplating of the continent associated with the rise of the Iceland mantle plume combined with north-westward-directed compressional stresses (e.g. Brodie & White, 1994;Ziegler & Dèzes, 2007;Hillis et al, 2008). This late Early Paleocene uplift (the 'Laramide' Phase) was followed by a second period of regional uplift in the latest Paleocene, shortly before the continental suture formed between Greenland and Scotland.…”

Section: Paleocenementioning

confidence: 99%

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Filling the North Sea Basin: Cenozoic sediment sources and river styles

Gibbard¹,

Lewin²

2016

Geol. Belg.

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ABSTRACT. The history of the infilling of the North Sea is outlined, with particular focus on sediment sources and river inputs. In simple terms (for the detail is complex), these sources changed from domination by northwesterly sources from the Shetland area (Paleocene to Eocene), to a geographically more uniform basin-centred pattern, and then northerly input following Fennoscandian uplift (Oligocene and Neogene). Baltic inputs followed via an 'Eridanos (Baltic) River' (Miocene), with cold-climate coarser sediment inputs, and lacustrine episodes resulting from ice damming (Pleistocene). River styles in each of these phases are discussed, with the Cenozoic at first being dominated by low energy fluvial deposition (channel sands, chemically weathered clays, and organic sedimentation) in fluctuating climates. Cold climates in the latest Neogene and Quaternary are seen as major determinant of a change in fluvial style, though these are also associated with tectonic effects, as in Scandinavia. The mediating role of vegetation, relating also to temperature and precipitation, is also likely to have been significant. Narrow valley incision followed the Middle Pleistocene Transition, as well as an increasing importance of Rhine-Meuse sources that had begun earlier.

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Section: Paleocenementioning

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“…Although it has been suggested that the Weald Basin was substantially inverted during the Pyrenean (latest Eocene) tectonic phase (e.g. Ziegler, 1990;Ziegler & Dèzes, 2007). The timing is still debated (cf.…”

Section: Neogenementioning

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Filling the North Sea Basin: Cenozoic sediment sources and river styles

Gibbard¹,

Lewin²

2016

Geol. Belg.

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“…2 During the Cenozoic, the West and Central Platform underwent a polyphase evolution, involving the development of the European Cenozoic Rift System (ECRIS), inversion of Mesozoic tensional basin and upthrusting of basement blocks, lithospheric folding controlling uplift of the Vosges-Black Forest arch and the Armorican Massif, as well as subsidence of the North Sea Basin, and thermal doming of the Rhenish Massif and the Massif Central. 3,4 These deformations had severe repercussions on the development of the topography and drainage systems, particularly during the last 20 million years.…”

Section: Topo -West and Central European Platform (Topo-wecep)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Uplift of the Rhenish Massif by as much as 250 m during the last 0.8 million years 18,19 can be attributed to the load of an impinging baby-plume and related thermal thinning of the lithosphere. 4,20 The evolution of ECRIS, and particularly the progressive uplift of the Massif Central, the Vosges Black Forest Arch and the Rhenish and Bohemian Massifs during the last 20 million years had severe repercussions on the development of the WECEP drainage system. 4,21 Parts of this drainage system are prone to repeated catastrophic flooding (e.g.…”

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“…4,20 The evolution of ECRIS, and particularly the progressive uplift of the Massif Central, the Vosges Black Forest Arch and the Rhenish and Bohemian Massifs during the last 20 million years had severe repercussions on the development of the WECEP drainage system. 4,21 Parts of this drainage system are prone to repeated catastrophic flooding (e.g. Northern Germany and Poland), and thus are highly susceptible to neotectonic deformations (see Fig.…”

Section: Rationalementioning

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TOPO-EUROPE: Coupled Deep Earth – Surface Processes in Europe

Cloetingh

Ziegler

2009

European Review

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TOPO-EUROPE is a multidisciplinary international research program that addresses the interaction of processes inherent to the deep Earth (lithosphere, mantle) with surface processes (erosion, climate, sea level), which together shaped the topography of Europe. The objective of the TOPO-EUROPE project is to assess neotectonic deformation rates and to quantify related geo-risks, such as earthquakes, flooding, landslides, rock falls and volcanism. Research, incorporating iterative data interactive modelling, focuses on the lithosphere memory and neotectonics, with special attention on the thermo-mechanical structure of the lithosphere, mechanisms controlling large-scale plate boundary and intraplate deformations, anomalous subsidence and uplift, and links with surface processes and topography evolution. The TOPO-EUROPE natural laboratories, in which these processes are analysed, cover a wide range of geodynamic settings. These include the post-collisional Alpine/Carpathian/Pannonian-Basin system, the very active Aegean-Anatolian and Apennines-Tyrrhenian orogens and back-arc basins, the Caucasus-Levant area in the Arabia-Europe collision zone, the Iberian Peninsula caught up between Alpine orogens, the meta-stable West and Central European Platform, the stable EastEuropean Platform and the seismically active and elevated Scandinavian continental margin. The TOPO-EUROPE project is a component of the International Lithosphere Program and was initiated with the support of Academia Europaea. A European Science Foundation EUROCORES project provides funding for part of the TOPO-EUROPE research. Other parts of TOPO-EUROPE require support by participating organizations.

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Cenozoic uplift of Variscan Massifs in the Alpine foreland: Timing and controlling mechanisms

Cited by 203 publications

References 108 publications

Filling the North Sea Basin: Cenozoic sediment sources and river styles

Filling the North Sea Basin: Cenozoic sediment sources and river styles

TOPO-EUROPE: Coupled Deep Earth – Surface Processes in Europe

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