@article{fdi:010088090, title = {{E}arly onset of {P}yrenean collision (97-90 {M}a) evidenced by {U}-{P}b dating on calcite ({P}rovence, {SE} {F}rance)}, author = {{B}ilau, {A}. and {R}olland, {Y}. and {D}umont, {T}. and {S}chwartz, {S}. and {G}odeau, {N}. and {G}uihou, {A}. and {D}eschamps, {P}ierre}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{E}arly {L}ate {C}retaceous uplift of {P}rovence gave rise to the {D}urance {I}sthmus. {I}n the present study, {U}-{P}b dating on calcite of compressional structures related to {P}yrenean foreland compressional deformation in {P}rovence shows that {N}-{S} shortening occurred coeval with emersion of the {D}urance {I}sthmus, through the development of combined top-to-the-{N}orth to {NW} thrusts between 97 and 90 {M}a. {T}his large-scale event, recorded from the {P}yrenees to the {M}iddle-{E}ast regions is interpreted as a far-field internal plate precursor of the {A}frica-{E}urope plates reorganization. {F}urthermore, the change in tectonic style and amount of shortening between {P}rovence and {P}yrenees was accommodated by sinistral reactivation of the {NE}-{SW} {C}evennes and {N}imes faults, acting as transform boundaries in this incipient collisional context.}, keywords = {{P}rovence ({SE} {F}rance) ; {P}yrenean {C}ollision ; {U}-{P}b {C}alcite ; {FRANCE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{T}erra {N}ova}, volume = {35}, numero = {5}, pages = {413--423}, ISSN = {0954-4879}, year = {2023}, DOI = {10.1111/ter.12665}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010088090}, }