Coupled crust‐mantle response to slab tearing, bending, and rollback along the Dinaride‐Hellenide orogen

MR Handy, J Giese, SM Schmid, J Pleuger… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We integrate structural, geophysical, and geodetic studies showing that the Dinarides‐
Hellenides orogen along the Adria‐Europe plate boundary in the Western Balkan peninsula …

Seismotectonic analysis of the 2021 Damasi-Tyrnavos (Thessaly, Central Greece) earthquake sequence and implications on the stress field rotations

I Kassaras, V Kapetanidis, A Ganas… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
In early March 2021, three shallow earthquakes, two mainshocks with M6. 3 and M6. 0 and
one major aftershock with M5. 6 impacted both the mountainous Damasi-Tyrnavos region …

Contemporary crustal stress of the Greek region deduced from earthquake focal mechanisms

V Kapetanidis, I Kassaras - Journal of Geodynamics, 2019 - Elsevier
A massive dataset of over 1900 focal mechanisms of crustal earthquakes with M≥ 3.5 in the
Greek region was employed to resolve the contemporary stress-field using a damped least …

Seismic tomographic imaging of the Eastern Mediterranean mantle: implications for terminal‐stage subduction, the uplift of Anatolia, and the development of the North …

R Kounoudis, ID Bastow, CS Ogden… - Geochemistry …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Eastern Mediterranean captures the east‐west transition from active
subduction of Earth's oldest oceanic lithosphere to continental collision, making it an ideal …

Mantle Dynamics of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East: Constraints From P‐Wave Anisotropic Tomography

W Wei, D Zhao, F Wei, X Bai… - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
High‐resolution images of P‐wave anisotropic tomography beneath the Eastern
Mediterranean and Middle East are determined by inverting a large number of high‐quality …

Numerical simulation of 3-D mantle flow evolution in subduction zone environments in relation to seismic anisotropy beneath the eastern Mediterranean region

JM Confal, M Faccenda, T Eken, T Taymaz - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Seismic anisotropy is a key parameter in understanding subduction zone dynamics in
relation to the recent deformation history. It is usually controlled by the mantle flow patterns …

Shear-wave splitting patterns in Perachora (eastern gulf of Corinth, Greece)

I Spingos, V Kapetanidis, G Michas… - Annals of …, 2023 - annalsofgeophysics.eu
Abstract The Eastern Gulf of Corinth (EGoC) is one of the most seismically active areas in
Greece. It is monitored by local and regional seismic stations of the Hellenic Unified Seismic …

Transfer of deformation during indentation: Inferences from the post-middle Miocene evolution of the Dinarides

M van Unen, L Matenco, V Demir, FH Nader… - Global and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
Understanding the structural and kinematic effects of indentation is still debated due to the
large number of competing mechanisms associated with the complex orogenic build-up …

Constraints on the lithospheric kinematics in the Aegean and western Anatolia unveiled by SKS splitting observations

C Erman, S Yolsal‐Çevikbilen, T Eken… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The present study investigates azimuthal anisotropy and its relation to the geodynamical
processes beneath the back‐arc of the Hellenic subduction zone in the eastern Aegean and …

[HTML][HTML] The Kefalonia Transform Fault: A STEP fault in the making

AD Özbakır, R Govers, A Fichtner - Tectonophysics, 2020 - Elsevier
Vertical edges along subducted slabs have been recognized in the majority of subduction
zones. Surprisingly, slab edges evolved into Subduction-Transform-Edge-Propagator …