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scale. Rev Geophys 47:RG2002. https://doi.org/10.1029/2008RG000264
White N, McKenzie D (1989) Formation of the “Steer’s head” geometry of sedimentary basts by
dflferential stretching of the crust and mantle. Geology 16:250–253
Woodside MJ, Maldonado A (1992) Styles of compressional neotectonics in the eastern Alboran
Sea. Geo-Mar Lett 12:111–116
Wortel MJR, Spakman W (2000) Subduction and slab detachment in the Mediterranean–Carpathian
region. Science 290:1910–1917
Zeck HP (1996) Betic-Rif orogeny: subduction of Mesozoic Tethys lithosphere under eastward
drifting Iberia, slab detachment shortly before 22 Ma, and subsequent uplift and extensional
tectonics. Tectonophysics 254(1-2):1–16
Zeck HP, Albat F, Hansen BT, Torres-Roldán RL, Garciá-Casco A, Martín-Algarra A (1989) A
21Æ2 Ma age for the termination of the ductile Alpine deformation in the internal zone of the
Betic Cordilleras, South Spain. Tectonophysics 169:215–220
Ziegler PA (1988) Evolution of the Arctic–North Atlantic and the Western Tethys. Am Assoc Petrol
Geol Mem 43:198 p
Zitellini N, Gràcia E, Matias L, Terrinha P, Abreu MA, De Alteriis G, Henriet JP, Dañobeitia JJ,
Masson DG, Mulder T, Ramella R, Somoza L, Diez S (2009) The quest for the Africa-Eurasia
plate boundary west of the Strait of Gibraltar. Earth Planet Sci Lett 280(1–4):13–50
5 A Geological History for the Alboran Sea Region
155
Península Ibérica y el norte de África. Geo-Temas 10(SP1O10):1535–1538
Vegas R, Vázquez JT, Olaiz AJ, Medialdea T (2016) Tectonic model for the latest Triassic-Early
Jurassic extensional event in and around the Iberian Peninsula. Geogaceta 60:23–26
Vera JA (2000) El Tercario de la Cordillera Bética: estado actual de conocimientos. Rev Soc Geol
Esp 13:345–373
Vergés J, Fernàndez M (2012) Tethys–Atlantic interaction along the Iberia–Africa plate boundary:
the Betic–Rif orogenic system. Tectonophysics 579:144–172
Vergés J, Kullberg JC, Casas-Sainz A, de Vicente G, Duarte LV, Fernàndez M, Gómez JJ, GómezPugnaire MT, Jabaloy A, López-Gómez J, Macchiavelli C, Martín Algarra A, Martín-Chivelet J,
Muñoz JA, Quesada C, Terrinha P, Torné M, Vegas R (2019) An introduction to the alpine cycle
in Iberia. In: Quesada C, Oliveira JT (eds) The geology of Iberia: a geodynamic approach, vol
3, Chap 1. Regional geology reviews, Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Vissers RLM, Meijer PT (2012) Iberian plate kinematics and Alpine collision in the Pyrenees. Earth
Sci Rev 114:61–83
Vissers RLM, Platt JP, van der Wal D (1995) Late orogenic extension of the Betic Cordillera and
the Alboran Domain: a lithospheric view. Tectonics 14:786–803
Vissers RLM, van Hinsbergen DJJ, van der Meer DG, Spakman W (2016) Cretaceous slab breakoff in the Pyrenees: Iberian plate kinematics in paleomagnetic and mantle reference frames.
Gondwana Res 34:49–59
Watts AB, Platt JP, Buhl P (1993) Tectonic evolution of the Alboran Sea basin. Basin Res
5:153–177
Weber M, Abu-Ayyash K, Abueladas A, Agnon A, Alasonati-Tašárová Z, Al-Zubi H, Babeyko A,
Bartov Y, Bauer K, Becken M, Bedrosian PA, Ben-Avraham Z, Bock G, Bohnhoff M,
Bribach J, Dulski P, Ebbing J, El-Kelani R, Förster A, Förster HJ, Frieslander U,
Garfunkel Z, Goetze HJ, Haak V, Haberland C, Hassouneh M, Helwig S, Hofstetter A,
Hoffmann-Rothe A, Jäckel KH, Janssen C, Jaser D, Kesten D, Khatib M, Kind R, Koch O,
Koulakov I, Laske G, Maercklin N, Masarweh R, Masri A, Matar A, Mechie J, Meqbel N,
Plessen B, Möller P, Mohsen A, Oberhänsli R, Oreshin S, Petrunin A, Qabbani I, Rabba I,
Ritter O, Romer RL, Rümpker G, Rybakov M, Ryberg T, Saul J, Scherbaum F, Schmidt S,
Schulze A, Sobolev SV, Stiller M, Stromeyer D, Tarawneh K, Trela C, Weckmann U, Wetzel U,
Wylegalla K (2009) Anatomy of the Dead Sea Transform from lithospheric to microscopic
scale. Rev Geophys 47:RG2002. https://doi.org/10.1029/2008RG000264
White N, McKenzie D (1989) Formation of the “Steer’s head” geometry of sedimentary basts by
dflferential stretching of the crust and mantle. Geology 16:250–253
Woodside MJ, Maldonado A (1992) Styles of compressional neotectonics in the eastern Alboran
Sea. Geo-Mar Lett 12:111–116
Wortel MJR, Spakman W (2000) Subduction and slab detachment in the Mediterranean–Carpathian
region. Science 290:1910–1917
Zeck HP (1996) Betic-Rif orogeny: subduction of Mesozoic Tethys lithosphere under eastward
drifting Iberia, slab detachment shortly before 22 Ma, and subsequent uplift and extensional
tectonics. Tectonophysics 254(1-2):1–16
Zeck HP, Albat F, Hansen BT, Torres-Roldán RL, Garciá-Casco A, Martín-Algarra A (1989) A
21Æ2 Ma age for the termination of the ductile Alpine deformation in the internal zone of the
Betic Cordilleras, South Spain. Tectonophysics 169:215–220
Ziegler PA (1988) Evolution of the Arctic–North Atlantic and the Western Tethys. Am Assoc Petrol
Geol Mem 43:198 p
Zitellini N, Gràcia E, Matias L, Terrinha P, Abreu MA, De Alteriis G, Henriet JP, Dañobeitia JJ,
Masson DG, Mulder T, Ramella R, Somoza L, Diez S (2009) The quest for the Africa-Eurasia
plate boundary west of the Strait of Gibraltar. Earth Planet Sci Lett 280(1–4):13–50
5 A Geological History for the Alboran Sea Region
155