[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 …

Tectonic units of the Alpine collision zone between Eastern Alps and western Turkey

SM Schmid, B Fügenschuh, A Kounov, L Maţenco… - Gondwana …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
We present a map that correlates tectonic units between Alps and western Turkey
accompanied by a text providing access to literature data, explaining the concepts used for …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The north cycladic detachment system

L Jolivet, E Lecomte, B Huet, Y Denèle… - Earth and Planetary …, 2010‏ - Elsevier
Low-angle normal faults accommodate a large part of continental post-orogenic extension.
Besides the intrinsic rheological characteristics of the continental crust that may lead to the …

What caused the denudation of the Menderes Massif: Review of crustal evolution, lithosphere structure, and dynamic topography in southwest Turkey

K Gessner, LA Gallardo, V Markwitz, U Ring… - Gondwana …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
The deformation of Earth's lithosphere in orogenic belts is largely forced externally by the
sinking slab, but can also be driven by internal delamination processes caused by …

Kinematic reconstructions and magmatic evolution illuminating crustal and mantle dynamics of the eastern Mediterranean region since the late Cretaceous

A Menant, L Jolivet, B Vrielynck - Tectonophysics, 2016‏ - Elsevier
The relationship between subduction dynamics and crustal deformation in the
Mediterranean region has been recently studied using three-dimensional (3D) models. Such …

Reconciling the geological history of western Turkey with plate circuits and mantle tomography

DJJ van Hinsbergen, N Kaymakci, W Spakman… - Earth and Planetary …, 2010‏ - Elsevier
We place the geological history since Cretaceous times in western Turkey in a context of
convergence, subduction, collision and slab break-off. To this end, we compare the west …