Tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the offshore Apulian Swell, a continental sliver between two converging orogens (Northern Ionian Sea, Central Mediterranean)

N Chizzini, A Artoni, L Torelli, J Basso, A Polonia… - Tectonophysics, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Calabrian Arc subduction complex, in the northern Ionian Sea, is facing directly
the westward subducting Apulian Swell, a sliver of continental crust covered by about 8 km …

The Calabrian Arc: three-dimensional modelling of the subduction interface

FE Maesano, MM Tiberti, R Basili - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract The Calabrian Arc is a one-of-a-kind subduction zone, featuring one of the shortest
slab segments (< 150 km), one of the thickest accretionary wedges, and one of the oldest …

Seismicity, deformation, and metamorphism in the Western Hellenic Subduction Zone: New constraints from tomography

F Halpaap, S Rondenay… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Western Hellenic Subduction Zone is characterized by a transition from
oceanic to continental subduction. In the southern oceanic portion of the system, abundant …

Geology of the Ionian Basin and margins: A key to the East Mediterranean geodynamics

J Tugend, N Chamot‐Rooke, S Arsenikos… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We revisit the nature, structure, and evolution of the Ionian Basin and its surrounding
passive margins (Apulia, Eastern Sicily/Malta, and Cyrenaica margins). Relying on …

Seismic markers of the Messinian salinity crisis in the deep Ionian Basin

A Camerlenghi, A Del Ben, C Hübscher, E Forlin… - Basin …, 2020 - earthdoc.org
We conduct the seismic signal analysis on vintage and recently collected multichannel
seismic reflection profiles from the Ionian Basin to characterize the deep basin Messinian …

Organic geochemistry of the upper Miocene-lower Pliocene sedimentary rocks in the Hellenic Fold and Thrust Belt, NW Corfu island, Ionian sea, NW Greece

P Tserolas, AG Maravelis, N Tsochandaris… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2019 - Elsevier
The northwestern margin of the Hellenic Fold and Thrust Belt situated along the southern
edge of the Dinarides–Albanides-Hellenides continental convergent zone, has been studied …

Interference between Apennines and Hellenides foreland basins around the Apulian swell (Italy and Greece)

M Cicala, V Festa, L Sabato, M Tropeano… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
The analysis of a set of public seismic reflection profiles allows to unravel the evolution of a
segment of the Adria Plate in the Salento offshore, ie, the Apulian swell (southeastern Italy) …

Evidence of new diapiric structures in the southern Adria Plate (Eastern Margin of Tethyan Ocean): Implications for Triassic paleogeography and evaporites …

N Chizzini, A Artoni, L Torelli, M Maiorana, A Sulli - Marine Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
It has long been recognized that the Adria Plate, as well as the Dinaric-Hellenic sector,
contains a large volume of Triassic salt associated with diapirism, and it is well known that …

'Isolated base‐of‐slope aprons': An oxymoron for shallow‐marine fan‐shaped, temperate‐water, carbonate bodies along the south‐east Salento escarpment …

M Tropeano, L Spalluto, D Meloni, M Moretti… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This paper regards the lower Pleistocene temperate‐water carbonate deposits
disconformably overlying an escarpment made up of faulted Cretaceous to Miocene …

[HTML][HTML] Tectonic inversion and deformation differences in the transition from Ionian basin to Apulian platform: The example from Ionian Islands, Greece

A Zelilidis, N Bourli, E Zoumpouli, AG Maravelis - Geosciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
The studied areas (the Ionian Islands: Paxoi, Lefkas, Kefalonia, and Zakynthos), are situated
at the western ends of the Ionian Basin in contact with the Apulian Platform and named as …