UID:
edocfu_9961612704502883
Format:
1 online resource (179 pages)
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9783031621505
Note:
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Neogenic Evolution -- 1.1 Oligocene Configuration -- 1.2 From the Late Oligocene to the Middle-Upper Miocene -- 1.3 From the Upper Miocene to the Late Miocene -- 1.3.1 Eastern Mediterranean -- 1.3.2 Central Mediterranean -- 1.4 From the Early Pliocene to the Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene -- 1.4.1 Eastern Mediterranean -- 1.4.2 Central Mediterranean -- 1.5 From the Late Pliocene to the Early Pleistocene -- 1.5.1 Eastern Mediterranean -- 1.5.2 Central Mediterranean -- 1.6 From the Middle Pleistocene to the Present -- 1.7 Minimum-Action Principle and Mediterranean Tectonics -- 1.8 Why the Geodynamic Interpretation Here Proposed Can Be Preferred to the Alternative Ones? -- References -- 2 Nubia-Eurasia Relative Motion -- 2.1 Mediterranean Constraints on the Nubia-Eurasia Convergence Trend -- 2.1.1 Eastern Mediterranean -- 2.1.2 Central Mediterranean -- 2.1.3 Western Mediterranean -- 2.2 Neogenic History of the Nubia-Eurasia Convergence -- 2.3 Nubia-Eurasia Relative Motion by Global Kinematic Models -- 2.4 Morocco and Iberia Microplates -- 2.5 Nubia-Eurasia Kinematics with a Four-Plate Mosaic -- 2.6 Possible Weak Points of the Proposed Nubia-Eurasia Kinematics -- References -- 3 Alternative Interpretations of the Mediterranean Back-Arc Basins -- 3.1 Slab-Pull Modellings -- 3.1.1 Balearic -- 3.1.2 Northern Tyrrhenian -- 3.1.3 Central Tyrrhenian (Vavilov Basin) -- 3.1.4 Southernmost Tyrrhenian (Marsili Basin) -- 3.1.5 Aegean -- References -- 4 Magmatism and Tectonics in the Central Mediterranean -- 4.1 Neogene Magmatism in the Tyrrhenian Area and Surroundings -- 4.2 Tectonic Evolution and Magmatic Activity -- 4.3 Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- 5 Western Pacific Trench-Arc-Back Arc Systems -- 5.1 Trench-Arc-Back Arc Systems in the World -- 5.2 Western Pacific Back Arc Basins.
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5.2.1 Japan and Kurile Basins -- 5.2.2 Shikoku, Parece Vela and Mariana Basins -- 5.2.3 Okinawa Trough -- 5.2.4 Ayu Trough -- 5.2.5 Woodlark Basin -- 5.2.6 North Fiji and Lau-Havre Basins (Melanesian Arc) -- References -- 6 Tectonics and Spatio-temporal Distribution of Seismicity -- 6.1 Seismicity Migration Patterns in the PeriAdriatic Zones? -- 6.2 A Seismotectonic Connection Between the Southern Dinarides and Southern Apennines? -- 6.3 A Seismotectonic Connection Between the Calabria Wedge and the Northern Hellenides? -- 6.4 A Seismotectonic Connection Between the Northern Hellenides and the Western Rhodope? -- 6.5 Is It Possible to Improve the Estimate of the Long-Term Seismic Hazard in Some Mediterranean Zones? -- References.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Mantovani, Enzo Neogenic Evolution of the Mediterranean Region Cham : Springer,c2024 ISBN 9783031621499
Language:
English
