GPS constraints on continental deformation in the Africa‐Arabia‐Eurasia continental collision zone and implications for the dynamics of plate interactions

R Reilinger, S McClusky, P Vernant… - Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The GPS‐derived velocity field (1988–2005) for the zone of interaction of the Arabian,
African (Nubian, Somalian), and Eurasian plates indicates counterclockwise rotation of a …

Kinematics of the Iberia–Maghreb plate contact from seismic moment tensors and GPS observations

D Stich, E Serpelloni, F de Lis Mancilla, J Morales - Tectonophysics, 2006 - Elsevier
The Iberian Peninsula and the Maghreb experience moderate earthquake activity and
oblique,∼ NW–SE convergence between Africa and Eurasia at a rate of∼ 5 mm/yr. Coeval …

[PDF][PDF] An atlas of Mediterranean seismicity

G Vannucci, S Pondrelli, A Argnani, A Morelli… - Annals of …, 2004 - earth-prints.org
We present a description of the characteristics of the seismic deformation occurring in the
Alpine Mediterranean Belt, and outline its association with tectonic and geologic features …

3D mechanical modeling of the GPS velocity field along the North Anatolian fault

AS Provost, J Chéry, R Hassani - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2003 - Elsevier
The North Anatolian fault (NAF) extends over 1500 km in a complex tectonic setting. In this
region of the eastern Mediterranean, collision of the Arabian, African and Eurasian plates …

Nubia-Eurasia kinematics: an alternative interpretation from Mediterranean and North Atlantic evidence

E Mantovani, M Viti, D Babbucci, D Albarello - 2007 - earth-prints.org
It is argued that the Plio-Quaternary deformation pattern in the Mediterranean region is
compatible with a SSWNNE convergence between Africa (Nubia) and Eurasia and that the …

Plate kinematics and geodynamics in the Central Mediterranean

M Viti, E Mantovani, D Babbucci, C Tamburelli - Journal of Geodynamics, 2011 - Elsevier
We argue that seismotectonic activity in the Central Mediterranean area and the Aegean–
Balkan zone is driven by the NNE-ward motion of Africa and westward motion of Anatolia …

[PDF][PDF] Trench-Arc-BackArc systems in the Mediterranean area: examples of extrusion tectonics

E Mantovani, D Albarello, D Babbucci… - Journal of the Virtual …, 2002 - researchgate.net
The hypothesis that trench-arc-back arc migrating systems in the Mediterranean area
developed as extrusion processes, driven by the convergence of the confining plates, ie …

Late Cenozoic evolution and present tectonic setting of the Aegean–Hellenic arc

E Mantovani, D Babbucci, C Tamburelli, M Viti - Geosciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Aegean–Hellenic arc is a deformed sector of a long heterogeneous orogenic system
(Tethyan belt), constituted by an inner old metamorphic crystalline core flanked by younger …

Clarifying the interplate main tectonic elements of Western Anatolia, Turkey by using GNSS velocities and Bouguer gravity anomalies

A Çırmık, O Pamukçu - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, the GNSS and gravity data were processed and compared together for
examining the continental structures of the Western Anatolia region which has very …

Post-seismic relaxation and earthquake triggering in the southern Adriatic region

M Viti, F D'Onza, E Mantovani… - Geophysical Journal …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
An attempt at quantifying post-seismic relaxation triggered by decoupling earthquakes along
the eastern thrusting border of the Adriatic plate (southern Dinarides) is carried out by finite …