Mantle Dynamics in the Mediterranean and Plate Motion of the Adriatic Microplate: Insights From 3D Thermomechanical Modeling [PDF]
Geochemistry, Geophysics, GeosystemsThe motion of the Adriatic microplate is thought to be highly sensitive to the surrounding subduction zones and the convergence of Africa and Eurasia. However, our understanding of the mantle dynamics in the Mediterranean region and its effect on plate ...
Boris Kaus
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The Adriatic region: An independent microplate within the Africa-Eurasia collision zone [PDF]
Geophysical Research Letters, 2004 We use GPS measurements and block modeling to investigate the present‐day deformation of the Adriatic region, whose kinematics within the Nubia‐Eurasia plate boundary zone is not well constrained and remains controversial. Block modeling allows us to compute rigid‐plate angular velocities while accounting for elastic strain accumulation along block ...
Roland Burgmann +2 more
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3-D Pn tomography reveals continental subduction at the boundaries of the Adriatic microplate in the absence of a precursor oceanic slab [PDF]
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2019 Abstract Slab pull generated by subducting oceanic lithosphere is generally considered as a major trigger for the onset of continental subduction. However, this may be in conflict with the occurrence of UHP terranes bearing no evidence of oceanic lithospheric rocks involved in the exhumation cycle.
, Marco Giovanni Malusa, Li-Yun Fu
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Present Tectonic Dynamics of the Geological Structural Setting of the Eastern Part of the Adriatic Region Obtained from Geodetic and Geological Data [PDF]
Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 2021 The Adriatic microplate has always attracted scientific attention, and various studies on the geodynamics of this area have been performed over the years.
Almin Đapo +2 more
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Tracking Adria indentation beneath the Alps by detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology: Implications for the Oligocene–Miocene dynamics of the Adriatic microplate [PDF]
Geology, 2016 The Adriatic microplate is a key player in the Western Mediterranean tectonic puzzle, but its Oligocene–Miocene dynamics are not yet fully understood. In fact, even though the timing and magnitude of Adriatic slab rollback and backarc extension in the Apennines have long been established, the timing of progressive Adria indentation beneath the Central ...
Daniel Stockli +2 more
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One-dimensional velocity structure modeling of the Earth's crust in the northwestern Dinarides [PDF]
Solid Earth, 2022 The studied area of the northwestern (NW) Dinarides is located in the northeastern (NE) corner of the Adriatic microplate and is bordered by the Adriatic foreland, the Southern Alps, and the Pannonian basin. Its complex crustal structure is the result of
G. Rajh +5 more
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Accelerations in the Local Magnetic Field on the Adriatic Tectonic Microplate
Open Journal of Earthquake Research, 2021 The high level of noise is a special feature of the geomagnetic field on the territory of Slovenia. The tension of the Adriatic tectonic microplate, on which Slovenia entirely lies, was recognized as one of its sources. The interior of the Earth is also the source of geomagnetic jerks.
Rudi Čop, Jean L. Rasson, Andrej Bilc
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Geosciences, 2022 Currently recognised lithospheric models hypothesise the non-existence of a lithospheric slab (a so-called slab gap) in the area of the Northern Dinarides, and the possible existence of a shallow slab in the Southern Dinarides.
Franjo Šumanovac
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Generation of the Quaternary Normal Faults in the Messina Strait (Italy)
Geosciences, 2023 It is widely recognized that since the Early–Middle Pleistocene, the Messina zone, the site of strong earthquakes, has undergone extension, but the geodynamic context which determined this deformation is still a matter of debate.
Enzo Mantovani +3 more
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Tectonics and gravitational phenomena (Nanos, Slovenia)
Geologija, 2021 The Istra Pushed Area is a specifically deformed territory of the northwestern part of the External Dinarides. It formed due to the movement of the Istra block as part of the Adriatic Microplate (Adria) towards the Dinarides since the middle Miocene ...
Ladislav PLACER +2 more
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