[HTML][HTML] Quaternary uplift of palaeoshorelines in southwestern Crete: the combined effect of extensional and compressional faulting

J Robertson, GP Roberts, A Ganas, M Meschis… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
We undertake spatio-temporal analysis on sequences of Pleistocene palaeoshorelines in
southwestern Crete where deformed Holocene marine notches have predominantly been …

Complex rupture process of the Mw 7.8, 2016, Kaikoura earthquake, New Zealand, and its aftershock sequence

S Cesca, Y Zhang, V Mouslopoulou, R Wang… - Earth and Planetary …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The M7. 8 Kaikoura Earthquake that struck the northeastern South Island, New
Zealand, on November 14, 2016 (local time), is one of the largest ever instrumentally …

Present‐day crustal stress field in Greece inferred from regional‐scale damped inversion of earthquake focal mechanisms

KI Konstantinou, V Mouslopoulou… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In this study we utilize regional and teleseismic earthquake moment tensor solutions in order
to infer the contemporary crustal stress in the Greek region. We focus on crustal earthquakes …

Temporally Constant Quaternary Uplift Rates and Their Relationship With Extensional Upper‐Plate Faults in South Crete (Greece), Constrained With 36Cl …

J Robertson, M Meschis, GP Roberts, A Ganas… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Preserved sets of marine terraces and palaeoshorelines above subduction zones provide
an opportunity to explore the long‐term deformation that occurs as a result of upper‐plate …

Displacement accumulation and sampling of paleoearthquakes on active normal faults of Crete in the eastern Mediterranean

A Nicol, V Mouslopoulou, J Begg… - Geochemistry …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Active normal faults on the Mediterranean island of Crete form prominent limestone scarps
together with basin and range topography. These faults mainly strike E‐ESE and N‐NNE in …

Neogene to Quaternary uplift history along the passive margin of the northeastern Arabian Peninsula, eastern Al Hajar Mountains, Oman

D Moraetis, F Mattern, A Scharf, G Frijia… - Quaternary …, 2018 - cambridge.org
This work explores the uplift history of the best exposed marine terraces in the northeastern
Arabian Peninsula (eastern Al Hajar Mountains). A multidisciplinary approach was …

Pleistocene terrace formation, Quaternary rock uplift rates and geodynamics of the Hellenic Subduction Zone revealed from dating of paleoshorelines on Crete …

RF Ott, SF Gallen, KW Wegmann, RH Biswas… - Earth and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
Quaternary paleoshorelines are common landforms on the island of Crete, a forearc high
above the Hellenic Subduction Zone. These geomorphic markers are useful on Crete and …

Uplift rate transients at subduction margins due to earthquake clustering

V Mouslopoulou, O Oncken, S Hainzl, A Nicol - Tectonics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Coastal uplift is common in continental fore‐arc systems, with elevated paleoshorelines
indicating that uplift rates can vary dramatically over time on individual margins. The origins …

Reassessing Eastern Mediterranean tectonics and earthquake hazard from the 365 CE earthquake

RF Ott, KW Wegmann, SF Gallen, FJ Pazzaglia… - AGU …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The hallmark of great earthquakes in the Mediterranean is the 21 July 365 CE earthquake
and tsunami that destroyed cities and killed thousands of people throughout the Eastern …

The sedimentary and geomorphological imprint of the AD 365 tsunami on the coasts of southwestern Crete (Greece)–Examples from Sougia and Palaiochora

V Werner, K Baika, P Fischer, H Hadler, L Obrocki… - Quaternary …, 2018 - Elsevier
The southwestern coast of Crete, one of the most seismically active regions in Europe,
experienced co-seismic crust uplift by 9 m during the Ms= 8.3 mega-earthquake that struck …