Abstract:<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US">Paleogeographic reconstructions of the Western Mediterranean are often based on the present location of sedimentary outcrops. However, most geodynamic and biogeographic models for the region have highlighted the importance of up-to-hundreds of km of horizontal displacements of the terrains forming the western Mediterranean orogenic arcs since the early Miocene until the Pliocene. Here we update the known paleogeo… Show more
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