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 …

Using thermochronology to understand orogenic erosion

PW Reiners, MT Brandon - Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 2006 - annualreviews.org
Erosion of orogenic mountain ranges exhumes deeply buried rocks and controls
weathering, climate, and sediment production and transport at a variety of scales. Erosion …

The Hellenic subduction system: high-pressure metamorphism, exhumation, normal faulting, and large-scale extension

U Ring, J Glodny, T Will… - Annual Review of Earth …, 2010 - annualreviews.org
The Cenozoic history of the retreating Hellenic subduction system in the eastern
Mediterranean involves subduction, accretion, arc magmatism, exhumation, normal faulting …

Raman spectroscopic carbonaceous material thermometry of low-grade metamorphic rocks: Calibration and application to tectonic exhumation in Crete, Greece

JM Rahl, KM Anderson, MT Brandon… - Earth and Planetary …, 2005 - Elsevier
We present new Raman spectra data of carbonaceous material (CM) to extend the range of
the Raman spectra of CM thermometer (RSCM) to temperatures as low as 100° C. Previous …

Map view restoration of Aegean–West Anatolian accretion and extension since the Eocene

DJJ van Hinsbergen, SM Schmid - Tectonics, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The Aegean region (Greece, western Turkey) is one of the best studied continental
extensional provinces. Here, we provide the first detailed kinematic restoration of the …

River profile response to normal fault growth and linkage: An example from the Hellenic forearc of south-central Crete, Greece

SF Gallen, KW Wegmann - Earth Surface Dynamics, 2017 - esurf.copernicus.org
Topography is a reflection of the tectonic and geodynamic processes that act to uplift the
Earth's surface and the erosional processes that work to return it to base level. Numerous …

Fundamentals of fission-track thermochronology

T Tagami, PB O'Sullivan - Reviews in Mineralogy and …, 2005 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Fission-track (FT) analysis has developed into one of the most useful techniques used
throughout the geologic community to reconstruct the low-temperature thermal history of …

Late Cenozoic geomorphic and tectonic evolution of the Patagonian Andes between latitudes 42 S and 46 S: An appraisal based on fission-track results from the …

SN Thomson - Geological Society of America Bulletin, 2002 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Fission-track (FT) thermochronology has been applied to investigate the low-temperature
cooling and denudation history of the Patagonian Andes along the southern part of the intra …

The two-stage Aegean extension, from localized to distributed, a result of slab rollback acceleration

JP Brun, C Faccenna, F Gueydan… - Canadian journal of …, 2016 - cdnsciencepub.com
Back-arc extension in the Aegean, which was driven by slab rollback since 45 Ma, is
described here for the first time in two stages. From Middle Eocene to Middle Miocene …

Late Palaeozoic–Cenozoic tectonic development of Greece and Albania in the context of alternative reconstructions of Tethys in the Eastern Mediterranean region

AHF Robertson - International Geology Review, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The objective of this article is to use the geology and tectonics of a critical part of the Tethyan
orogen, represented by Greece and Albania, to shed light on the tectonic development of …