A Revised Subduction Inception Model to Explain the Late Cretaceous, Double‐Vergent Orogen in the Precollisional Western Tethys: Evidence From the Northern Apennines

The Meso‐Cenozoic alpine belts of the Mediterranean area are characterized by complex architectures, result of a complex subduction and collision evolution that preserve also a legacy of the rifting‐related configuration of the continental margins. The Northern Apennines is a segment of these belts originated during closure of the Ligure‐Piemontese ocean and collision between the Europe and Adria plates. The different configuration of the Adria...