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The last erosional stage of the Molasse Basin and the Alps

Schlunegger, Fritz ; Mosar, Jon

In: International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2011, vol. 100, no. 5, p. 1147-1162

Université de Fribourg

Multiple detachments during thin-skinned deformation of the Swiss Central Jura: a kinematic model across the Chasseral

Schori, Marc ; Mosar, Jon ; Schreurs, Guido

In: Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 2015, vol. 108, no. 2-3, p. 327–343

Combining field observations, cross-section area balancing techniques and kinematic forward modelling, we present new insights into the evolution of the Jura fold-and-thrust belt in the Chasseral area between Lake Biel and the Vallon de St-Imier, in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. Our results show that the structures of the Chasseral area and the associated regional uplift can be explained by...

Université de Fribourg

The last erosional stage of the Molasse Basin and the Alps

Schlunegger, Fritz ; Mosar, Jon

In: International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2011, p. 1-16

We present a synoptic overview of the Miocene-present development of the northern Alpine foreland basin (Molasse Basin), with special attention to the pattern of surface erosion and sediment discharge in the Alps. Erosion of the Molasse Basin started at the same time that the rivers originating in the Central Alps were deflected toward the Bresse Graben, which formed part of the European Cenozoic...

Université de Fribourg

Reconstructions of the continents around the North Atlantic at about the 60th parallel

Torsvik, Trond H. ; Van der Voo, Rob ; Meert, Joseph G. ; Mosar, Jon ; Walderhaug, Harald J.

In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2001, vol. 187(1-2), p. 55

Late Carboniferous–Early Tertiary apparent polar wander (APW) paths (300–40 Ma) for North America and Europe have been tested in various reconstructions. These paths demonstrate that the 500 fathom Bullard et al. fit is excellent from Late Carboniferous to Late Triassic times, but the continental configuration in northern Pangea changed systematically between the Late Triassic (ca. 214 Ma)...