I combine recently published GPS results to derive a geodetic horizontal velocity field
consistent at the scale of the Mediterranean and the surrounding Alpine belts. The velocity …

▪ Abstract The central assumption of plate tectonics, that plate interiors are rigid, remains a
useful but uncertain approximation. Strain rates of stable plate interiors are bounded …

We describe best-fitting angular velocities and MORVEL, a new closure-enforced set of
angular velocities for the geologically current motions of 25 tectonic plates that collectively …

We determine best-fitting Euler vectors, closure-fitting Euler vectors, and a new global model
(NUVEL-1) describing the geologically current motion between 12 assumed-rigid plates by …

An Introduction to Seismology, Earthquakes and Earth Structures is an introduction to
seismology and its role in the earth sciences, and is written for advanced undergraduate and …

We report on a marine seismic survey that images an active accretionary wedge west of
Gibraltar. Ramp thrusts offset the seafloor and sole out to an east-dip** décollement …

The plate motion model NUVEL‐1 (De Mets et al., 1990) predicts a strongly oblique
component to the convergence between Arabia and Eurasia at the longitude of the …

Both oceanic and continental rifts show regular along‐axis segmentation, but the
relationship, if any, between the two is poorly understood. The tectonically active East …

The missing link in the plate boundary between Eurasia and Africa in the central Atlantic is
presented and discussed. A set of almost linear and sub parallel dextral strike–slip faults, the …

Geodetic measurements of crustal deformation over large areas deforming at slow rates (< 5
mm/yr over more than 1000 km), such as the Western Mediterranean and Western Europe …