Tethys and Apulia (Adria), 100 years of reconstructions

The lost Tethys Ocean was the favorite topic of Jean Dercourt’s research. The Tethys project and his 1986 paper displaying detailed reconstructions in 9 plates from the Triassic to the Present was the beginning of a series of projects organized around large consortia associating scientists from the...

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Main Author: Jolivet, Laurent
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Published: Académie des sciences 2023-01-01
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Online Access:https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/geoscience/articles/10.5802/crgeos.198/
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description The lost Tethys Ocean was the favorite topic of Jean Dercourt’s research. The Tethys project and his 1986 paper displaying detailed reconstructions in 9 plates from the Triassic to the Present was the beginning of a series of projects organized around large consortia associating scientists from the academic and industrial worlds. The most recent evolutions of these reconstructions show unprecedented images of the evolving geology, including tectonics and paleoenvironments, through time of this complex puzzle. Central to Tethyan tectonics, Apulia, or Adria, has been drawn with different geometries and dimensions from the first concepts by Emile Argand, Kenneth Hsü or John Dewey, to the recent reconstructions by Douwe van Hinsbergen or Paul Angrand. We review here the main reconstructions published since 1924 and the evolution of concepts and methods. We finally discuss the importance of this type of syntheses for understanding large-scale geodynamic processes.
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spelling doaj-art-a4059241462f4919aea918844b5f91bc2025-02-07T10:40:57ZengAcadémie des sciencesComptes Rendus. Géoscience1778-70252023-01-01355S292810.5802/crgeos.19810.5802/crgeos.198Tethys and Apulia (Adria), 100 years of reconstructionsJolivet, Laurent0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2596-2017ISTeP, UMR 7193, Sorbonne Université, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris cedex 05, FranceThe lost Tethys Ocean was the favorite topic of Jean Dercourt’s research. The Tethys project and his 1986 paper displaying detailed reconstructions in 9 plates from the Triassic to the Present was the beginning of a series of projects organized around large consortia associating scientists from the academic and industrial worlds. The most recent evolutions of these reconstructions show unprecedented images of the evolving geology, including tectonics and paleoenvironments, through time of this complex puzzle. Central to Tethyan tectonics, Apulia, or Adria, has been drawn with different geometries and dimensions from the first concepts by Emile Argand, Kenneth Hsü or John Dewey, to the recent reconstructions by Douwe van Hinsbergen or Paul Angrand. We review here the main reconstructions published since 1924 and the evolution of concepts and methods. We finally discuss the importance of this type of syntheses for understanding large-scale geodynamic processes.https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/geoscience/articles/10.5802/crgeos.198/TethysMediterraneanApuliaAdriaReconstructions
spellingShingle Jolivet, Laurent
Tethys and Apulia (Adria), 100 years of reconstructions
Comptes Rendus. Géoscience
Tethys
Mediterranean
Apulia
Adria
Reconstructions
title Tethys and Apulia (Adria), 100 years of reconstructions
title_full Tethys and Apulia (Adria), 100 years of reconstructions
title_fullStr Tethys and Apulia (Adria), 100 years of reconstructions
title_full_unstemmed Tethys and Apulia (Adria), 100 years of reconstructions
title_short Tethys and Apulia (Adria), 100 years of reconstructions
title_sort tethys and apulia adria 100 years of reconstructions
topic Tethys
Mediterranean
Apulia
Adria
Reconstructions
url https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/geoscience/articles/10.5802/crgeos.198/
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