Understanding the Processes that Controlled Rifting of the Tyrrhenian Basin

Memoria de tesis doctoral presentada por Montserrat Guzmán Vendrell para optar al grado de Doctora en Ciencias de la Tierra por la Universitat de Barcelona (UB), realizada bajo la dirección del Dr. César Rodríguez Ranero y del Dr. Valentí Sallarès Casas del Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC).-- 239 pagesWork carried out in this thesis has the purpose to trace the tectonic and stratigraphic features of the Tyrrhenia Sea, and from these characteristics, to define the processes that get involved into the basin formation. The Tyrrhenian is a back-arc basin belonging to the Western Mediterranean realm. Its formation is directly related with the subduction system of the Ionian slab (African plate) below the Mediterranean domain (European plate). The slab retreat causes an stretching of the overriding plate and triggered the opening of the Liguro-Provençal basin, and later on the Tyrrhenian basin (Faccenna et al., 2001; 2007). [...]Peer Reviewe