[HTML][HTML] Orogenic architecture of the Mediterranean region and kinematic reconstruction of its tectonic evolution since the Triassic

DJJ Van Hinsbergen, TH Torsvik, SM Schmid… - Gondwana …, 2020 - Elsevier
The basins and orogens of the Mediterranean region ultimately result from the opening of
oceans during the early break-up of Pangea since the Triassic, and their subsequent …

Aegean tectonics: Strain localisation, slab tearing and trench retreat

L Jolivet, C Faccenna, B Huet, L Labrousse… - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
We review the geodynamic evolution of the Aegean–Anatolia region and discuss strain
localisation there over geological times. From Late Eocene to Present, crustal deformation in …

The Alpine-Carpathian-Dinaridic orogenic system: correlation and evolution of tectonic units

SM Schmid, D Bernoulli, B Fügenschuh… - Swiss Journal of …, 2008 - Springer
A correlation of tectonic units of the Alpine-Carpathian-Dinaridic system of orogens,
including the substrate of the Pannonian and Transylvanian basins, is presented in the form …

Cenozoic geodynamic evolution of the Aegean

L Jolivet, JP Brun - International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2010 - Springer
The Aegean region is a concentrate of the main geodynamic processes that shaped the
Mediterranean region: oceanic and continental subduction, mountain building, high …

Geodetic determination of the kinematics of central Greece with respect to Europe: Implications for eastern Mediterranean tectonics

X Le Pichon, N Chamot‐Rooke… - Journal of …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
We use a new satellite laser ranging/Global Positioning System (SLR/GPS) solution at
seven sites in Anatolia and Aegea to obtain a better definition of the extrusion motion of the …

Midcrustal shear zones in postorogenic extension: Example from the northern Tyrrhenian Sea

L Jolivet, C Faccenna, B Goffé, M Mattei… - Journal of …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Metamorphic core complexes of the Aegean region have revealed midcrustal, shallow‐
dip** extensional shear zones. These shear zones display constant kinematic indicators …

Analogue modelling of continental extension: a review focused on the relations between the patterns of deformation and the presence of magma

G Corti, M Bonini, S Conticelli, F Innocenti… - Earth-Science …, 2003 - Elsevier
Continental extension may occur in two main different modes, narrow and wide rifting, which
mainly differ in the width of the deformed region. A third mechanism, the core complex, has …

Partial melting and flow of orogens

O Vanderhaeghe, C Teyssier - Tectonophysics, 2001 - Elsevier
A comparison of large orogenic belts formed at convergent plate boundaries indicates that
orogenic evolution comprises a period of crustal thickening followed by the formation of a …

Exhumation of high-pressure rocks driven by slab rollback

JP Brun, C Faccenna - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2008 - Elsevier
Rocks metamorphosed under high-pressure (HP) and ultra high-pressure (UHP) conditions
in subduction zones come back to the surface relatively soon after their burial and at rates …

Coeval plutonism and metamorphism in a latest Oligocene metamorphic core complex in northwest Turkey

AI Okay, M Satir - Geological Magazine, 2000 - cambridge.org
A metamorphic core complex of latest Oligocene age crops out in the Kazdağ mountain
range in northwest Turkey. The footwall of the core complex consists of gneiss, amphibolite …