Late-orogenic extensional metamorphic domes are often associated with sedimentary basins developed during their exhumation along major crustal shear zones. With the example of the Betic Cordilleras (Southern Spain), being one of the ideal areas to study the exhumation of metamorphic rocks, the aim of this PhD thesis was to establish a geodynamic model for the metamorphic rocks exhumation integrating both superficial (sedimentary basins) and deep (metamorphic rocks). Its aim was to compare records of both sub-surface (i.e., Sedimentary basins) by studying tectonic subsidence (i.e., S) and deep domains by studying metamorphic rocks (i.e., P-T-t); their relationships being closely linked to the extensional motion along major shear zones (Ε). T...