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Geodetic constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Aegean region and strain accumulation along the Hellenic subduction zone
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In this article, GPS velocities were used to estimate the timing of initiation of principal structures in NW Turkey, the N Aegean Sea, and central Greece, including, the Marmara Sea, the Gulfs of Evia (GoE), the Corinth (GoC), and the Kephalonia Transform fault (KTF), during the past 1-4 Ma.About:
This article is published in Tectonophysics.The article was published on 2010-06-05. It has received 266 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: North Anatolian Fault & Transform fault.read more
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Aegean tectonics: Strain localisation, slab tearing and trench retreat
Laurent Jolivet,Claudio Faccenna,Benjamin Huet,Loïc Labrousse,Laetitia Le Pourhiet,Olivier Lacombe,Emmanuel Lecomte,E. Burov,Yoann Denèle,Jean-Pierre Brun,Melody Philippon,Anne Paul,G. Salaün,Hayrullah Karabulut,Claudia Piromallo,Patrick Monié,Frédéric Gueydan,Aral I. Okay,Roland Oberhänsli,Amaury Pourteau,Romain Augier,Leslie Gadenne,Olivier Driussi +22 more
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.
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Present-day kinematics of the Mediterranean: A comprehensive overview of GPS results
TL;DR: In this article, a geodetic horizontal velocity field consistent at the scale of the Mediterranean and the surrounding Alpine belts is derived to discuss the boundary conditions around each major deforming area in the Mediterranean, to describe the main patterns of motion and deformation, to critically review the existing kinematics models and to finally point out the main unresolved kinematic questions.
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Map view restoration of Aegean–West Anatolian accretion and extension since the Eocene
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provided the first detailed kinematic restoration of the Aegean region since 35-Ma by reconstructing up to 400 km of trench-perpendicular extension in two stages.
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A new velocity field for Greece: Implications for the kinematics and dynamics of the Aegean
Michael Floyd,Michael Floyd,H. Billiris,Demitris Paradissis,George Veis,Antonio Avallone,Pierre Briole,Simon McClusky,Jean-Mathieu Nocquet,K.S. Palamartchouk,Barry Parsons,Philip England +11 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a set of geodetic velocities for Greece and the Aegean, derived from 254 survey-mode and continuous GPS sites, is used to test kinematic and dynamic models for this area of rapid continental deformation.
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Earthquake mechanisms and active tectonics of the Hellenic subduction zone
Beth Shaw,James Jackson +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used improved focal mechanisms and centroid depth estimates of earthquakes, combined with GPS velocities, to examine the tectonics of the Hellenic subduction zone, and in particular the processes occurring at both ends of the Nubian Arc.
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The hellenic arc and trench system: A key to the neotectonic evolution of the eastern mediterranean area
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