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Dear colleagues, this is a general call-for-papers for a thematic issue in Tectonophysics entitled : Style of deformation and tectono-sedimentary evolution of fold-and-thrust belts and foreland basins: from nature to models Leaning against a session in the next 2018 EGU (European Union of Geosciences) Vienna meeting, we aim at producing a thematic issue on this topic in Tectonophysics. We welcome papers either from participants to the session or from people interested in this topic but who are unable to attend the meeting. Description : Orogenic systems, including their external fold-and-thrust belts and foreland basin systems, evolve from the inversion and imbrication of former continental margins. Continental margins are characterized by displaying along-strike variations in the degree of inherited regional extension (i.e., from limited lithospheric stretching to full necking, leading to mantle exhumation and oceanic crust production). These differences have a fundamental impact on structural styles as well as the pre-shortening thermal state of the lithosphere. The presence of evaporitic sequences interacting during rift and post-rift is also a key parameter in the structural styles and deformation distribution of thrust sheets involving inverted basins.On the other hand, deformation can also be transferred ahead and downward of the shallow deformation front, leading to frontal imbrication of deep seated structures in cratonic forelands or the sub-thrust region of active fold-and-thrust belts. Defining the correct structural style of fold-and-thrust belts and understanding the controlling factors are necessary steps towards predicting their long- and short-term evolution, with implications for crustal/lithospheric rheology, mountain building processes and seismic hazard, and for the correct assessment of their potential for hydrocarbon exploration. For these reasons, fold-and-thrust belts and adjacent foreland basin systems represent outstanding places to investigate (active) deformation and surface processes and the way these processes interact to shape mountain belts. On a short-time scale, the pattern of deformation of fold-and-thrust belts provides information on crustal mechanics, the sequence of active faulting and its relation to large earthquakes; on a long-time scale, the structure and dynamics of the fold-and-thrust belt - foreland basin systems offers unique insights into the influence of extensional structural, thermal and rheological inheritance of the crust/lithosphere, together with coupling between surface and deep processes. Thermochronology has recently brought new constraints on paleo-burial, exhumation and vertical movements in general, as well as sediment routing in fold-and-thrust belt-foreland basin systems. In addition, 2D-3D mechanical modelling has been increasingly used as a tool to validate kinematic restorations and to test the influence of varying boundary conditions (including climate) and material rheology on mountain building at the lithospheric scale. This Special Issue aims at collecting a number of contributions, including regional case studies as well as more topical works on seismology, mechanics, flexure, thermal evolution, structural geology, geomorphology, exhumation and paleo-elevation, sediment transport and mass balance, surface processes and basin dynamics during pre-, early and syn-collision stages, together with analogue or numerical modelling approaches. The volume will provide a modern, updated state-of-the-art on fold-and-thrust belts and orogenic basins and a timely forum for all disciplines concerned with building and shaping of orogenic wedges by tectonics and climate. This Special Issue is sponsored by the International Lithosphere Program Task Force on Sedimentary Basins. IMPORTANT : *Deadline for committing to contribute and for submitting provisional (even short, 5-10 lines) abstracts : May 1st, 2018 This an important step to assess the expected number of contributions. *Deadline for submitting manuscripts : December 31st, 2018 Contact : [log in to unmask] All the best Olivier, on behalf of Stefano (Mazzoli), Christoph (von Hagke), Matthias (Rosenau), Charlotte (Fillon) and Pablo (Granado) Prof. Dr Olivier Lacombe Head of DESIR 'Déformations, Sismotectonique, Imagerie, Relief' research team Sorbonne Université, Campus Pierre et Marie Curie Institut des Sciences de la Terre de Paris - ISTeP Couloir 46-45 2ème étage Boîte 129; 4, Place Jussieu 75252 PARIS Cedex 05, France Tél : 33 1 44 27 71 80 e-mail : [log in to unmask] http://www.istep.upmc.fr/ http://merco220.free.fr ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.