[HTML][HTML] Orogenic architecture of the Mediterranean region and kinematic reconstruction of its tectonic evolution since the Triassic

DJJ Van Hinsbergen, TH Torsvik, SM Schmid… - Gondwana …, 2020 - Elsevier
The basins and orogens of the Mediterranean region ultimately result from the opening of
oceans during the early break-up of Pangea since the Triassic, and their subsequent …

Tectonic units of the Alpine collision zone between Eastern Alps and western Turkey

SM Schmid, B Fügenschuh, A Kounov, L Maţenco… - Gondwana …, 2020 - Elsevier
We present a map that correlates tectonic units between Alps and western Turkey
accompanied by a text providing access to literature data, explaining the concepts used for …

[HTML][HTML] Transfer zones in Mediterranean back-arc regions and tear faults

L Jolivet, A Menant, V Roche… - Bulletin de la …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Slab tearing induces localized deformations in the overriding plates of subduction zones
and transfer zones accommodating differential retreat in back-arc regions. Because the …

The geological signature of a slab tear below the Aegean

L Jolivet, A Menant, P Sternai, A Rabillard, L Arbaret… - Tectonophysics, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper we explore the geology of the Aegean region in the Miocene to identify the
geological signature of a first-order slab tear observed in all tomographic models. From 15 to …

Magmatic response to slab tearing: constraints from the Afyon Alkaline Volcanic Complex, Western Turkey

D Prelević, C Akal, RL Romer, R Mertz-Kraus… - Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Middle Miocene Afyon alkaline volcanic complex (western Anatolia) erupted
lavas of highly variable geochemistry, ranging from silica-undersaturated to silica …

Kinematic reconstructions and magmatic evolution illuminating crustal and mantle dynamics of the eastern Mediterranean region since the late Cretaceous

A Menant, L Jolivet, B Vrielynck - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
The relationship between subduction dynamics and crustal deformation in the
Mediterranean region has been recently studied using three-dimensional (3D) models. Such …

Eocene-Quaternary magmatic activity in the Aegean: Implications for mantle metasomatism and magma genesis in an evolving orogeny

EY Ersoy, MR Palmer - Lithos, 2013 - Elsevier
We present a compilation and comparison of geochemical data of Aegean Eocene to
Recent magmatic rocks:(1) North Anatolian Eocene magmatic rocks (NAEM),(2) Aegean to …

[HTML][HTML] The Cycladic Blueschist Unit of the Hellenic subduction orogen: Protracted high-pressure metamorphism, decompression and reimbrication of a diachronous …

J Glodny, U Ring - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
We discuss the assembly and tectonochronology of the Cycladic Blueschist Unit (CBU) in
the central Aegean Sea region, Greece, as a composite, subduction-related, high-pressure …

Tectono-stratigraphy of the Neogene basins in Western Turkey: Implications for tectonic evolution of the Aegean Extended Region

EY Ersoy, İ Çemen, C Helvacı, Z Billor - Tectonophysics, 2014 - Elsevier
The western part of the Aegean region includes several Neogene basins containing volcano-
sedimentary successions. The Neogene basins, located along the northern Menderes …

The burning heart—The Proterozoic geology and geological evolution of the west Musgrave Region, central Australia

HM Howard, RH Smithies, CL Kirkland, DE Kelsey… - Gondwana …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Musgrave Province is one of the most geodynamically significant of Australia's
Proterozoic orogenic belts, lying at the intersection of the continent's three cratonic elements …