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 …

Active tectonics of central-western Caucasus, Georgia

N Tsereteli, A Tibaldi, V Alania, A Gventsadse… - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Subducted, detached, and torn slabs beneath the Greater Caucasus

T Mumladze, AM Forte, ES Cowgill, CC Trexler… - GeoResJ, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Greater Caucasus Mountains contain the highest peaks in Europe and define,
for over 850 km along strike, the leading edge of the second-largest active collisional orogen …

Active kinematics of the greater Caucasus from seismological and GPS data: a review

A Tibaldi, G Babayev, FL Bonali… - Building Knowledge for …, 2021 - Springer
In this paper, we describe the active kinematics of the Greater Caucasus (territories of
Georgia, Azerbaijan and Russia) through an integrated analysis of seismological, geological …