Check out the lastest publication by Bilau et al., which uses U-Pb dating on calcite and (U-Th)/He dating on hematite to determine the timing of syn-orogenic extension in the Western Alps. Our findings reveal that extensional fault activity migrated from east to west, spanning from the Middle Miocene (~13 Ma) to the Quaternary.

This extension is linked to the development of the Alpine frontal thrust, causing the uplift and extension of external crystalline massifs.

📄 Read the full study here 👉 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2024.101969