Melody Philippon

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review the geodynamic evolution of the Aegean-Anatolia region and discuss strain localisation there over geological times, and they favour a model where slab retreat is the main driving engine, and successive slab tearing episodes are the main causes of this stepwise strain localization and the inherited heterogeneity of the crust is a major factor for localising detachments.

TL;DR: In this article, a preexisting weak zone (WZ) is implemented within the lower crust and strikes oblique to the extension direction, and the authors show that an inherited WZ within the ductile crust favors the re-orientation of slip such that oblique extension results in pure dip-slip displacement on faults that strike oblique with respect to the local extension direction.

TL;DR: In this article, a combination of well-resolved fault-slip data and earthquake focal mechanisms is used to constrain spatial variations in style of faulting in the obliquely extending Main Ethiopian Rift, East Africa.

TL;DR: In this article, the back-arc extension in the Aegean has been described for the first time in two stages, from Middle Eocene to Middle Miocene, by slab rollback.

TL;DR: In this article, a statistical analysis of present-day obliquity along plate boundaries using GPlate is provided, by comparing natural examples and geological models, by discussing deformation patterns and kinematics recorded along oblique plate boundaries.