Geodynamics, seismicity, and seismic hazards of the Caucasus
A Ismail-Zadeh, S Adamia, A Chabukiani… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Being a part of ongoing continental collision between the Arabian and Eurasian plates, the
Caucasus region is a remarkable site of moderate to strong seismicity, where devastating …
Caucasus region is a remarkable site of moderate to strong seismicity, where devastating …
[HTML][HTML] The eastern Black Sea-Caucasus region during the Cretaceous: New evidence to constrain its tectonic evolution
We report new observations in the eastern Black Sea-Caucasus region that allow
reconstructing the evolution of the Neotethys in the Cretaceous. At that time, the Neotethys …
reconstructing the evolution of the Neotethys in the Cretaceous. At that time, the Neotethys …
[HTML][HTML] Tectonics in the Greater Caucasus (Georgia–Russia): From an intracontinental rifted basin to a doubly verging fold-and-thrust belt
Abstract The Greater Caucasus doubly-vergent orogenic system has its origin in a Mesozoic-
Early Cenozoic back-arc-type basin, floored by an extensively stretched and heavily …
Early Cenozoic back-arc-type basin, floored by an extensively stretched and heavily …
[HTML][HTML] Five-fold expansion of the Caspian Sea in the late Pliocene: New and revised magnetostratigraphic and 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on the Akchagylian Stage
The Global climate reorganisation in the late Pliocene linked to enhancement of the Atlantic
Ocean Thermohaline Circulation (AOTC), instigated a transition to glacial-interglacial …
Ocean Thermohaline Circulation (AOTC), instigated a transition to glacial-interglacial …
Active tectonics of central-western Caucasus, Georgia
This work contributes to a better knowledge of potentially seismogenic faults of the Georgia
Greater and Lesser Caucasus by evaluating the distribution of earthquake foci, active …
Greater and Lesser Caucasus by evaluating the distribution of earthquake foci, active …
Structural inversion of back-arc basins–The Neogene Adjara-Trialeti fold-and-thrust belt (SW Georgia) as a far-field effect of the Arabia-Eurasia collision
Abstract The 350 km-long Adjara-Trialeti fold-and-thrust belt of southwestern Georgia is the
result of the structural inversion of a continental back-arc basin developed in the Paleogene …
result of the structural inversion of a continental back-arc basin developed in the Paleogene …
[HTML][HTML] Two-step exhumation of Caucasian intraplate rifts: A proxy of sequential plate-margin collisional orogenies
Intraplate structural deformation is diagnostic of tectonic stress regime changes linked to
plate interactions and can result from superposed tectonic events whose single contributions …
plate interactions and can result from superposed tectonic events whose single contributions …
Building a Young Mountain Range: Insight Into the Growth of the Greater Caucasus Mountains From Detrital Zircon (U‐Th)/He Thermochronology and 10Be Erosion …
Abstract The Greater Caucasus (GC) Mountains within the central Arabia‐Eurasia collision
zone are an archetypal example of a young collisional orogen. However, the mechanisms …
zone are an archetypal example of a young collisional orogen. However, the mechanisms …
Synopsis of the terrestrial vertebrate faunas from the Middle Kura Basin (Eastern Georgia and Western Azerbaijan, South Caucasus)
M Bukhsianidze, K Koiava - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2018 - agro.icm.edu.pl
This paper summarizes knowledge on the Neogene–Quaternary terrestrial fossil record from
the Middle Kura Basin accumulated over a century and aims to its integration into the current …
the Middle Kura Basin accumulated over a century and aims to its integration into the current …
Active inversion tectonics, simple shear folding and back-thrusting at Rioni Basin, Georgia
Abstract The Rioni Basin, located between the Greater and Lesser Caucasus in Georgia, is
an outstanding example of ongoing inversion tectonics. Marine and continental deposits of …
an outstanding example of ongoing inversion tectonics. Marine and continental deposits of …