The Role of Adria Plate Lithospheric Structures on the Recent Dynamics of the Central Mediterranean Region.

ABSTRACT: The Tertiary tectonic evolution of the Central Mediterranean has been relatively well constrained by abundant geological data. Yet, several uncertainties persist about the mechanisms that led to the present-day surface morphology and deep slab geometry. Here, we combine geodynamic and seismological numerical modeling techniques to reproduce the recent large-scale evolution of the Central Mediterranean and the associated strain-induced upper mantle fabrics and seismic anisotropy. 3D thermo-mechanical subduction models were designed and calibrated according to paleogeographic-tectonic reconstructions and seismological observations available in the literature. It is found that, although the opening of back-arc extensional basins in response to the retreat of the Ionian slab is a common featur

SUBMITTER: Lo Bue R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9285053 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature