Mantle dynamics in the Mediterranean

C Faccenna, TW Becker, L Auer, A Billi… - Reviews of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The Mediterranean offers a unique opportunity to study the driving forces of tectonic
deformation within a complex mobile belt. Lithospheric dynamics are affected by slab …

Slab breakoff: A critical appraisal of a geological theory as applied in space and time

E Garzanti, G Radeff, MG Malusà - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
The idea that prominent geological phenomena observed in the crust and at the surface may
be caused by the detachment of subducting dense lithosphere has been anticipated by …

Markers of the last interglacial sea-level high stand along the coast of Italy: tectonic implications

L Ferranti, F Antonioli, B Mauz, A Amorosi… - Quaternary …, 2006 - Elsevier
A compilation of the Marine Isotope Substage (MIS) 5.5 high stand (∼ 125Ka) sites
spanning the coastline of Italy allows a picture of the vertical displacement pattern affecting …

Neogene and Quaternary rollback evolution of the Tyrrhenian Sea, the Apennines, and the Sicilian Maghrebides

G Rosenbaum, GS Lister - Tectonics, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Reconstruction of the evolution of the Tyrrhenian Sea shows that the major stage of rifting
associated with the opening of this basin began at∼ 10 Ma. It involved two episodes of back …

[PDF][PDF] Geomorphic expression of active tectonics in a rapidly-deforming forearc, Sila massif, Calabria, southern Italy

P Molin, FJ Pazzaglia, F Dramis - American journal of science, 2004 - ajsonline.org
We examine the tectonic geomorphology of La Sila, Calabria, southern Italy, a high-standing
(1500 m) plateau surrounded by crustal extension, with map, DEM, and field data. These …

The formation of Mount Etna as the consequence of slab rollback

Z Gvirtzman, A Nur - Nature, 1999 - nature.com
Mount Etna, the largest volcano in Europe, lies close to the subduction-related Aeolian
magmatic arc but shows no trace of subducted material in its magmas. Mount Etna is also …

Mantle convection in the Middle East: Reconciling Afar upwelling, Arabia indentation and Aegean trench rollback

C Faccenna, TW Becker, L Jolivet, M Keskin - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract The Middle East region represents a key site within the Tethyan domain where
continental break-up, collision, backarc extension and escape tectonics are kinematically …

Holocene relative sea-level changes and vertical movements along the Italian and Istrian coastlines

F Antonioli, L Ferranti, A Fontana, A Amorosi… - Quaternary …, 2009 - Elsevier
Published and new data exist for relative sea-level change for 105 locations (127 samples)
during the late Holocene, along the Italian (and Istrian) coasts. These data, compared with …

The Calabrian Arc subduction complex in the Ionian Sea: Regional architecture, active deformation, and seismic hazard

A Polonia, L Torelli, P Mussoni, L Gasperini… - …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We analyzed the structure and evolution of the external Calabrian Arc (CA) subduction
complex through an integrated geophysical approach involving multichannel and single …

Speciation of mercury in surface and deep-sea waters in the Mediterranean Sea

M Horvat, J Kotnik, M Logar, V Fajon, T Zvonarić… - Atmospheric …, 2003 - Elsevier
A summary of data recently obtained for mercury analysis and speciation (reactive Hg, total
Hg and monomethylmercury (MMHg)) in filtered and non-filtered seawater samples …