Tectonic Record of Deformation in Intraplate Domains: Case Study of Far-Field Deformation in the Grands Causses Area, France

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Summary of previous studies on the age of deformations related to the formation of the Pyrenees in various domains (orogenic belt, foreland basin, and intraplate domains) and on the rate of shortening between Iberia and European plates. While the deformation events at the plate boundary appear to be relatively short in time and correspond to high rates of shortening between both plates, the foreland basins show a continuous deformation from the upper Cretaceous to the Eocene [12, 37–44, 47–54, 88, 90, 115–118].