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 …

Deepwater hydrocarbon exploration drilling only began in the Black Sea less than 20 years
ago, primarily because of the economical/technological challenges associated with …

Abstract The composite Meghri–Ordubad and Bargushat plutons of the Zangezur–Ordubad
region in the southernmost Lesser Caucasus consist of successive Eocene to Pliocene …

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 …

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 …

Intraplate structural deformation is diagnostic of tectonic stress regime changes linked to
plate interactions and can result from superposed tectonic events whose single contributions …

Variscan to Alpine magmatic activity on the North Tethys active Eurasian margin in the
Caucasus region is revealed by 40Ar/39Ar ages from rocks sampled in the Georgian …

The criteria for zoning the surface fault rupture hazard (SFRH) along thrust faults are defined
by analysing the characteristics of the areas of coseismic surface faulting in thrust …

The Kura foreland fold–thrust belt is located in the northern part of the active collisional
Lesser Caucasus orogenic belt associated with Arabia–Eurasia convergence. This belt is …

This contribution reviews the metallogenic setting of the Lesser Caucasus within the
framework of the complex geodynamic evolution of the Central Tethys belt during …