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Geological Society, London, Memoirs; 2006; v. 32; p. 113-127;
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.MEM.2006.032.01.07
© 2006 Geological Society of London

Europe: Alpine to Present

Thermo-mechanical controls on Alpine deformation of NW Europe

S. Cloetingh1, P. A. Ziegler2, F. Beekman1, P. A. M. Andriessen1, N. Hardebol1, J. Van Wijk1,3 & P. Dèzes2

1 Netherlands Research Centre for Integrated Solid Earth Science, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands sierd.cloetingh{at}falw.vu.nl
2 Geological-Palaeontological Institute, Department of Geosciences, University of Basel, Bernoullistrasse 32, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
3 Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0225, USA

The lithosphere of the Northern Alpine foreland has undergone a polyphase evolution with an intense interplay between upper mantle thermal perturbations and stress-induced intraplate deformation that points to the importance of lithospheric folding of the thermally weakened lithosphere. In this paper we address relationships between deeper lithospheric processes, neotectonics and surface processes in the Northern Alpine foreland with special emphasis on tectonically induced topography. We focus on lithosphere memory and neotectonics with special attention to the thermo-mechanical structure of the lithosphere, mechanisms of large-scale intraplate deformation, Late Neogene anomalies in subsidence and uplift, and links with surface processes and topography evolution.