Scaramuzzo, EmanueleLivio, Franz A.Granado, PabloDi Capua, AndreaBitonte, Raffaele2023-02-212023-02-212022-12-011661-8726https://hdl.handle.net/2445/193848We make use of own geological mapping, interpretations of seismic reflection profiles and deep geophysical data to build a lithospheric-scale cross-section across the European Western Southern Alps (Varese area) and to model a progressive restoration from the end of Mesozoic rifting to present-day. Early phases of Alpine orogeny were characterized by Europe-directed thrusting, whereas post-Oligocene shortening led to basement-involving crustal accretion accompanied by backfolding, and consistent with the kinematics of the adjoining Ivrea Zone. Wedging was favored by a significant component of reactivation of the inherited Adriatic rifted margin. Our results also suggest that, during the collisional and post-collisional tectonics, lithosphere dynamics drove diachronically the onset of tectonic phases (i.e., wedging and slab retreat), from east to west, across the Western Southern Alps.21 p.application/pdfeng(c) The Author(s) , 2022http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/AlpsGeologia estructuralAlpsStructural geologyinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article7186922023-02-21info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess