Overview

This volume reports information about the evolutionary history and the present structural-tectonic setting of the Mediterranean region, which has been presented and discussed during a meeting on ""Recent Evolution and Seismicity of the Mediterranean Region"", held in Erice (Italy) in September 1992. Recent results of geological, geophysical, seismological, volcanological and paleomagnetic studies are described. The geodynamic implications of the presently available data set might provide important insights into the evolution of continental collision zones, where shortening processes may also involve lateral extrusion of crustal wedges and consumption of continental-like lithosphere.

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Author:   E. Boschi ,  E. Mantovani ,  A. Morelli
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1993 ed.
Volume:   402
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.916kg
ISBN:  

9780792323259

ISBN 10:   0792323254
Pages:   422
Publication Date:   31 July 1993
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Some current problems on the tectonic evolution of the Mediterranean during the Cainozoic.- Rates of active deformation in the Eastern Mediterranean.- Post Tortonian deformation pattern in the Central Mediterranean: a result of extrusion tectonics driven by the Africa-Eurasia convergence.- Africa-Eurasia kinematics in the Mediterranean: an alternative hypothesis.- Tectonic evolution of the Northern Arabian Plate in Western Syria.- The tectonic regimes along the convergent border of the Aegean Arc from the late Miocene to the present; southern Peloponnesus as an example.- Tyrrhenian basin and Apennines. Kinematic evolution and related dynamic constraints.- Neogene basins in the Strait of Sicily (Central Mediterranean): tectonic settings and geodynamic implications.- Seismological studies of upper mantle structure below the Mediterranean with a regional seismograph network.- The determination of earthquake size and source geometry in the Mediterranean Sea.- Tectonic and seismic processes of various space and time scales in the Greek area.- A review of the Eastern Alps — Northern Dinarides seismotectonics.- Regional stresses in the Mediterranean region derived from focal mechanisms of earthquakes.- Source process of some large earthquakes in Greece and its tectonic implication.- Recent seismic activity and earthquake occurrence along the Apennines.- P-wave teleseismic tomography contribution to the delineation of the upper mantle structure of Italy.- Geological and seismological evidence of strike-slip displacement along the E-W Adriatic-Central Apennines belt.- Stable fault sliding and earthquake nucleation.- Paleomagnetism in the Mediterraneum from Spain to the Aegean: a review of data relevant to Cenozoic movements.- Use of the Paleomagnetic databases for geodynamicalstudies: some examples from the Mediterranean Region.

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