Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004georl..3106611p&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 31, Issue 6, CiteID L06611
Physics
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Geodesy And Gravity: Seismic Deformations (7205), Seismology: Earthquake Parameters, Seismology: Seismicity And Seismotectonics, Tectonophysics: Plate Motions-Present And Recent (3040), Tectonophysics: Tomography
Scientific paper
The Tyrrhenian Sea is an extensional basin opened by trench retreat and back-arc extension during subduction of the Calabrian slab in the last 10-12 My. Subduction is still active beneath the SEmost part of the Tyrrhenian Sea, as testified by seismicity down to 500 km depth. By analyzing seismicity and geodetic data, together with recent tomographic images, we define the present-day situation. An evident ~N-S compressional regime prevails in the Tyrrhenian region west of the Aeolian archipelago, while east of them a NNW-SSE extension is documented by focal mechanisms and GPS data, with a much smaller strain rate with respect to the past. The transition between these two domains is accommodated by a N-S discontinuity zone which runs from Aeolian Islands to Mt. Etna with an extensional to strike-slip deformation.
Piromallo Claudia
Pondrelli Silvia
Serpelloni Enrico
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