Mantle dynamics in the Mediterranean

C Faccenna, TW Becker, L Auer, A Billi… - Reviews of …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
The Mediterranean offers a unique opportunity to study the driving forces of tectonic
deformation within a complex mobile belt. Lithospheric dynamics are affected by slab …

Physical applications of GPS geodesy: A review

Y Bock, D Melgar - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2016‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Geodesy, the oldest science, has become an important discipline in the geosciences, in
large part by enhancing Global Positioning System (GPS) capabilities over the last 35 years …

A geodetic plate motion and Global Strain Rate Model

C Kreemer, G Blewitt, EC Klein - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
We present a new global model of plate motions and strain rates in plate boundary zones
constrained by horizontal geodetic velocities. This Global Strain Rate Model (GSRM v. 2.1) …

Surface velocities and strain-rates in the Euro-Mediterranean region from massive GPS data processing

E Serpelloni, A Cavaliere, L Martelli, F Pintori… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
In this work we present and discuss new geodetic velocity and strain-rate fields for the Euro-
Mediterranean region obtained from the analysis of continuous GNSS stations. We describe …

Present-day kinematics of the Mediterranean: A comprehensive overview of GPS results

JM Nocquet - Tectonophysics, 2012‏ - Elsevier
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 …

The 8 September 2023, MW 6.8, Morocco Earthquake: A Deep Transpressive Faulting Along the Active High Atlas Mountain Belt

D Cheloni, NA Famiglietti, C Tolomei… - Geophysical …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract On 8 September 2023 an MW 6.8 earthquake struck the High Atlas Mountains of
western Morocco, about 70 km southwest from Marrakesh, causing significant devastation …

Subduction initiation from the earliest stages to self-sustained subduction: Insights from the analysis of 70 Cenozoic sites

S Lallemand, D Arcay - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021‏ - Elsevier
To address the question of the initiation and mechanisms involved in the process of
subduction zone formation, we explored most of the available evidence for the subduction …

Evolution of the Late Miocene Mediterranean–Atlantic gateways and their impact on regional and global environmental change

R Flecker, W Krijgsman, W Capella… - 2015‏ - Elsevier
Marine gateways play a critical role in the exchange of water, heat, salt and nutrients
between oceans and seas. As a result, changes in gateway geometry can significantly alter …

Tethys–Atlantic interaction along the Iberia–Africa plate boundary: The Betic–Rif orogenic system

J Vergés, M Fernàndez - Tectonophysics, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Initial SE-dip** slow subduction of the Ligurian–Tethys lithosphere beneath Africa from
Late Cretaceous to middle Oligocene twisting to a later faster E-dip** subduction of the …

The Betic-Rif arc and its orogenic hinterland: a review

JP Platt, WM Behr, K Johanesen… - Annual Review of Earth …, 2013‏ - annualreviews.org
The Betic-Rif arc is one of the smallest and tightest orogenic arcs on Earth, and together with
its extensional hinterland, the Alborán Domain, it formed between two colliding continents …