Strain accumulation across the Messina Straits and kinematics of Sicily and Calabria from GPS data and dislocation modeling

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 298, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 347-360

  Serpelloni, E ^a   Burgmann R ^b   Anzidei, M ^a   Baldi, P ^c   Mastrolembo Ventura, B ^a,c   Boschi, E ^a,c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dislocation modeling; Global Positioning System; Messina Straits; Plate kinematics; Strain accumulation

Indexed keywords

DISLOCATION MODELING; GLOBAL POSITIONING; MESSINA STRAITS; PLATE KINEMATICS; STRAIN ACCUMULATION;

EARTHQUAKES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; KINEMATICS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TECTONICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

STRAIN RATE;

DISLOCATION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; GPS; KINEMATICS; MICROPLATE; MODELING; NORMAL FAULT; PLATE TECTONICS; SLIP RATE; STRAIN RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

CALABRIA; ITALY; SICILY; STRAIT OF MESSINA;

EID: 77957322874     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

References (81)

1. Altamimi Z., Collilieux X., Legrand J., Garayt B., Boucher C. ITRF2005: a new release of the International Terrestrial Reference Frame based on time series of station positions and earth orientation parameters. J. Geophys. Res. 2007, 112:B09401. 10.1029/2007JB004949.
2. Amoruso A., Crescentini L., Scarpa R. Source parameters of the 1908 Messina Straits, Italy, earthquake from geodetic and seismic data. J. Geophys. Res. 2002, 107(B4):2080. 10.1029/2001JB000434.
3. Anzidei M., Baldi P., Bonini C., Casula G., Gandolfi S., Riguzzi F. Geodetic surveys across the Messina Straits (southern Italy) seismogenetic area. J. Geodyn. 1998, 25:85-97.
4. Anzidei M., Baldi P., Casula G., Galvani A., Mantovani E., Pesci A., Riguzzi F., Serpelloni E. Insights into present-day crustal motion in the central Mediterranean area from GPS surveys. Geophys. J. Int. 2001, 146:98-110.
5. Argnani A. Evolution of the southern Tyrrhenian slab tear and active tectonics along the western edge of the Tyrrhenian subducted slab. Geol. Soc., London, Spec. Publ. 2009, 311:193-212.
6. Argnani A., Bonazzi C. Malta Escarpment fault zone offshore eastern Sicily: Pliocene-Quaternary tectonic evolution based on new multichannel seismic data. Tectonics 2005, 24(TC4009). 10.1029/2004TC001656.
7. Argnani A., Serpelloni E., Bonazzi C. Pattern of deformation around the central Aeolian Islands: evidence from multichannel seismics and GPS data. Terra Nova 2007, 19:317-323.
8. Argus D.F., Gordon R.G., Demets C., Stein S. Closure of the Africa Eurasia North America Plate motion circuit and tectonics of the Gloria Fault. J. Geophys. Res. 1989, 94:5585-5602.
9. Argnani A., Brancolini G., Bonazzi C., Rovere M., Accaino F., Zgur F., Lodolo E. The results of the Taormina 2006 seismic survey: possible implications for active tectonics in the Messina Straits. Tectonophys 2009, 476(1-2):159-169.
10. Arnadottir T., Segall P. The 1989 Loma-Prieta earthquake imaged from inversion of geodetic data. J. Geophys. Res. 1994, 99:21835-21855.
11. Avallone A., Selvaggi G., D'Anastasio E., D'Agostino N., Pietrantonio G., Riguzzi F., Serpelloni E., Anzidei M., Casula G., Cecere G., D'Ambrosio C., De Martino P., Devoti R., Falco L., Mattia M., Rossi M., Obrizzo F., Tammaro U., Zarrilli L. The RING network: improvement of a GPS velocity field in the central Mediterranean. Ann. Geophy. 2010, 53:2. 10.4401/ag-4549.
12. Basili R., Valensise G., Vannoli P., Burrato P., Fracassi U., Mariano S., Tiberti M., Boschi E. The Database of Individual Seismogenic Sources (DISS), version 3: summarizing 20years of research on Italy's earthquake geology. Tectonophysics 2008, 453:20-43.
13. Beavan J., Tregoning P., Bevis M., Kato T., Meertens C. Motion and rigidity of the Pacific Plate and implications for plate boundary deformation. J. Geophys. Res. 2002, 107. 10.1029/2001JB000282.
14. Bencini P. Geodetic measurements made by Istituto Geografico Militare in the Strait of Messina area. Tectonophysics 1975, 29:331-337.
15. Billi A., Barberi G., Faccenna C., Neri G., Pepe F., Sulli A. Tectonics and seismicity of the Tindari Fault System, southern Italy: crustal deformations at the transition between ongoing contractional and extensional domains located above the edge of a subducting slab. Tectonics 2006, 25(TC2006). 10.1029/2004TC001763.
16. Blewitt G., Lavallee D. Effect of annual signals on geodetic velocity. J. Geophys. Res. 2002, 107(B7):2145. 10.1029/2001JB000570.
17. Bonforte A., Puglisi G. Dynamics of the eastern flank of Mt. Etna volcano (Italy) investigated by a dense GPS network. J. Volcanol. Geoth. Res. 2006, 153(3-4):357-369.
18. Boschi E., Pantosti D., Valensise G. Modello di sorgente per il terremoto di Messina del 1908 ed evoluzione recente dell'area dello Stretto. G.N.G.T.S 1989, 245-258. Rome.
19. Boschi E., Guidoboni M., Ferrari G., Mariotti G., Valensise G., Gasperini P. Catalogue of strong Italian earthquakes, 461B.C. to 1997. Ann. Geofis. 2000, 43:609-868.
20. Bottari A., Capuano P., Denatale G., Gasparini P., Neri G., Pingue F., Scarpa R. Source parameters of earthquakes in the Strait of Messina, Italy, during this century. Tectonophysics 1989, 166:221-234.
21. Burgmann R., Segall P., Lisowski M., Svarc J. Postseismic strain following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake from GPS and leveling measurements. J. Geophys. Res. 1997, 102:4933-4955.
22. Caputo M., Pieri L., Barbarella M., Gubellini A., Russo P., Console R. Geophysical and geodetic observations in the Messina Straits. Tectonophysics 1981, 74:147-154.
23. Carminati E., Wortel M.J.R., Spakman W., Sabadini R. The role of slab detachment processes in the opening of the western-central Mediterranean basins: some geological and geophysical evidence. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 1998, 160(3-4):651-665.
24. Cernobori L., Hirn A., McBride J.H., Nicolich R., Petronio L., Romanelli M. Crustal image of the Ionian basin and its Calabrian margins. Tectonophysics 1996, 264:175-189.
25. Chiarabba C., Jovane L., DiStefano R. A new view of Italian seismicity using 20years of instrumental recordings. Tectonophysics 2005, 395:251-268.
26. Cifelli F., Mattei M., Della Seta M. Calabrian Arc oroclinal bending: the role of subduction. Tectonics 2008, 27(5). 10.1029/2008TC002272.
27. D'Agostino N., Selvaggi G. Crustal motion along the Eurasia-Nubia plate boundary in the Calabrian Arc and Sicily and active extension in the Messina Straits from GPS measurements. J. Geophys. Res. 2004, 109:B11402. 10.1029/2004JB002998.
28. D'Agostino N., Avallone A., Cheloni D., D'Anastasio E., Mantenuto S., Selvaggi G. Active tectonics of the Adriatic region from GPS and earthquake slip vectors. J. Geophys. Res. 2008, 113:B12413. 10.1029/2008JB005860.
29. Devoti R., Riguzzi F., Cuffaro M., Doglioni C. New GPS constraints on the kinematics of the Apennines subduction. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 2008, 273:163-174.
30. Dewey J.F., Pitman W.C., Ryan W.B.F., Bonnin J. Plate tectonics and evolution of Alpine system. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 1973, 84:3137-3180.
31. Dixon T.H., Miller M., Farina F., Wang H.Z., Johnson D. Present-day motion of the Sierra Nevada block and some tectonic implications for the Basin and Range province, North American Cordillera. Tectonics 2000, 19:1-24.
32. Doglioni C. A proposal for the kinematic modeling of W-dipping subductions- possible applications to the Tyrrhenian Apennines system. Terra Nova 1991, 3(4):423-434.
33. Dong D., Herring T.A., King R.W. Estimating regional deformation from a combination of space and terrestrial geodetic data. J. Geodesy. 1998, 72:200-214.
34. Dong D., Fang P., Bock Y., Cheng M.K., Miyazaki S. Anatomy of apparent seasonal variations from GPS-derived site psosition time series. J. Geophys. Res. 2002, 107(B4):2075. 10.1029/2001JB000573.
35. Faccenna C., Becker T.W. Shaping mobile belts by small-scale convection. Nature 2010, 465(7298):602-605.
36. Faccenna C., Becker T.W., Lucente F.P., Jolivet L., Rossetti F. History of subduction and back-arc extension in the Central Mediterranean. Geophys. J. Int. 2001, 145:809-820.
37. Faccenna C., Piromallo C., Crespo-Blanc A., Jolivet L., Rossetti F. Tectonics 2004, 23(TC1012). 10.1029/2002TC001488.
38. Ferranti L., Monaco C., Antonioli F., Maschio L., Kershaw S., Verrubbi V. The contribution of regional uplift and coseismic slip to the vertical crustal motion in the Messina Straits, southern Italy: evidence from raised Late Holocene shorelines. J. Geophys. Res. 2007, 112:B06401. 10.1029/2006JB004473.
39. Ghisetti F. Recent deformations and the seismogenic source in the Messina Strait (Southern Italy). Tectonophysics 1984, 109:191-208.
40. Goes S., Giardini D., Jenny S., Hollenstein C., Kahle H.G., Geiger A. A recent tectonic reorganization in the south-central Mediterranean. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 2004, 226:335-345.
41. Govers R., Wortel M.J.R. Lithosphere tearing at STEP faults: response to edges of subduction zones. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 2005, 236:505-523.
42. Gueguen E., Doglioni C., Fernandez M. On the post-25Ma geodynamic evolution of the western Mediterranean. Tectonophysics 1998, 298:259-269.
43. Gutscher M.A., Roger J., Baptista M.A., Miranda J.M., Tinti S. Source of the 1693 Catania earthquake and tsunami (southern Italy): new evidence from tsunami modeling of a locked subduction fault plane. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2006, 33:L08309. 10.1029/2005GL025442.
44. Hammond W.C., Thatcher W. Contemporary tectonic deformation of the Basin and Range province, western United States: 10years of observation with the Global Positioning System. J. Geophys. Res. 2004, 109:B08403. 10.1029/2003JB002746.
45. Herring T., King R.W., McClusky S. GAMIT Reference Manual, Release 10.3, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences 2006, Massachussetts Institute of Technology.
46. Hollenstein C., Kahle H.G., Geiger A., Jenny S., Goes S., Giardini D. New GPS constraints on the Africa-Eurasia plate boundary zone in southern Italy. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2003, 30(18):1935. 10.1029/2003GL017554.
47. Jenny S., Goes S., Giardini D., Kahle H.G. Earthquake recurrence parameters from seismic and geodetic strain rates in the eastern Mediterranean. Geophys. J. Int. 2004, 157:1331-1347.
48. Langbein J., Johnson H. Correlated errors in geodetic time series: implications for time-dependent deformation. J. Geophys. Res. 1997, 102:591-603.
49. Lucente F.P., Margheriti L., Piromallo C., Barruol G. Seismic anisotropy reveals the long route of the slab through the western-central Mediterranean mantle. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 2006, 241:517-529.
50. Lundgren P., Casu F., Manzo M., Pepe A., Berardino P., Sansosti E., Lanari R. Gravity and magma induced spreading of Mount Etna volcano revealed by satellite radar interferometry. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2004, 31(4). 10.1029/2003GL018736.
51. Malinverno A., Ryan W.B.F. Extension in the Tyrrhenian Sea and shortening in the Apennines as result of arc migration driven by sinking of the lithosphere. Tectonics 1986, 5:227-245.
52. Margheriti L. Understanding crust dynamics and subduction in southern Italy. Eos Trans. AGU 2008, 89.
53. Matsu'ura M., Sato T. A dislocation model for the earthquake cycle at convergent plate boundaries. Geophys. J. Int. 1989, 96(1):23-32.
54. Mattia M., Palano M., Bruno V., Cannavò F., Bonaccorso A., Gresta S. Tectonic features of the Lipari-Vulcano complex (Aeolian archipelago, Italy) from 10years (1996-2006) of GPS data. Terra Nova 2008, 20(5):370-377.
55. Mattia M., Palano M., Bruno V., Bruno V., Cannavò F. Crustal motion along the Calabro-Peloritano Arc as imaged by twelve years of measurements on a dense GPS network. Tectonophys 2009, 476(3-4):528-537.
56. Meade B.J., Hager B.H. Block models of crustal motion in southern California constrained by GPS measurements. J. Geophys. Res. 2005, 110:B03403. 10.1029/2004JB003209.
57. Mele G. High-frequency wave propagation from mantle earthquakes in the Tyrrhenian Sea: new constraints for the geometry of the south Tyrrhenian subduction zone. Geophys. Res. Lett. 1998, 25:2877-2880.
58. Meletti C., Galadini F., Valensise G., Stucchi M., Basili R., Barba S., Vannucci G., Boschi E. A seismic source zone model for the seismic hazard assessment of the Italian territory. Tectonophysics 2008, 450:85-108.
59. Monaco C., Tortorici L. Active faulting in the Calabrian arc and eastern Sicily. J. Geodyn. 2000, 29:407-424.
60. Musumeci C., Patane D., Scarfi L., Gresta S. Stress directions and shear-wave anisotropy: observations from local earthquakes in southeastern Sicily, Italy. B. Seismol. Soc. Am. 2005, 95:1359-1374.
61. Neri G., Barberi G., Orecchio B., Mostaccio A. Seismic strain and seismogenic stress regimes in the crust of the southern Tyrrhenian region. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 2003, 213:97-112.
62. Nicolosi I., Speranza F., Chiappini M. Ultrafast oceanic spreading of the Marsili Basin, southern Tyrrhenian Sea: evidence from magnetic anomaly analysis. Geology 2006, 34:717-720.
63. Okada Y. Surface deformation due to shear and tensile faults in a half-space. B. Seismol. Soc. Am. 1985, 75:1135-1154.
64. Pepe F., Sulli A., Bertotti G., Catalano R. Structural highs formation and their relationship to sedimentary basins in the north Sicily continental margin (southern Tyrrhenian Sea): implication for the Drepano Thrust Front. Tectonophys 2005, 409:1-18.
65. Pino N.A., Piatanesi A., Valensise G., Boschi E. The 28 December 1908 Messina Straits earthquake (M(w)7.1): a great earthquake throughout a century of seismology. Seismol. Res. Lett. 2009, 80:243-259.
66. Piromallo C., Morelli A. P wave tomography of the mantle under the Alpine-Mediterranean area. J. Geophys. Res. 2003, 108(B2):2065. 10.1029/2002JB001757.
67. Pondrelli S., Piromallo C., Serpelloni E. Convergence vs. retreat in Southern Tyrrhenian Sea: insights from kinematics. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2004, 31:L06611. 10.1029/2003GL019223.
68. Rosenbaum G., Lister G.S., Duboz C. Relative motions of Africa, Iberia and Europe during Alpine orogeny. Tectonophysics 2002, 359:117-129.
69. Royden L.H. Evolution of retreating subduction boundaries formed during continental collision. Tectonics 1993, 12(3):629-638.
70. Savage J.C., Burford R.O. Accumulation of tectonic strain in California. B. Seismol. Soc. Am. 1970, 60:1877-1896.
71. Serpelloni E., Anzidei M., Baldi P., Casula G., Galvani A. Crustal velocity and strain-rate fields in Italy and surrounding regions: new results from the analysis of permanent and non-permanent GPS networks. Geophys. J. Int. 2005, 161:861-880.
72. Serpelloni E., Casula G., Galvani A., Anzidei M., Baldi P. Data analysis of permanent GPS networks in Italy and surrounding regions: application of a distributed processing approach. Ann. Geophys.-Italy 2006, 49:897-928.
73. Serpelloni E., Vannucci G., Pondrelli S., Argnani A., Casula G., Anzidei M., Baldi P., Gasperini P. Kinematics of the Western Africa-Eurasia plate boundary from focal mechanisms and GPS data. Geophys. J. Int. 2007, 169:1180-1200.
74. Shen Z.K., Jackson D., Ge B.X. Crustal deformation across and beyond the Los Angeles basin from geodetic measurements. J. Geophys. Res. 1996, 101(B12):27957-27980.
75. Shen Z.-K., Jackson D.D., Kagan Y.Y. Implications of geodetic strain rate for future earthquakes, with a five-year forecast of M5 earthquakes in Southern California. Seismol. Res. Lett. 2007, 78:116-120.
76. Valensise G., Pantosti D. A 125Kyr-long geological record of seismic source repeatability- the Messina Straits (Southern Italy) and the 1908 Earthquake (M(S) 7 1-2). Terra Nova 1992, 4:472-483.
77. Wessel P., Smith W.H.F. New, improved version of the Generic Mapping Tools released. Eos Trans. AGU 1998, 79:579.
78. Westaway R. Quaternary uplift of Southern Italy. J. Geophys. Res. 1993, 98:21741-21772.
79. Williams S.D.P. The effect of coloured noise on the uncertainties of rates estimated from geodetic time series. J. Geodesy. 2003, 76:483-494.
80. Williams S.D.P., Bock Y., Fang P., Jamason P., Nikolaidis R.M., Prawirodirdjo L., Miller M., Johnson D.J. Error analysis of continuous GPS position time series. J. Geophys. Res. 2004, 109:B03412. 10.1029/2003JB002741.
81. Wortel M.J.R., Spakman W. Subduction and slab detachment in the Mediterranean-Carpathian region. Science 2000, 290(5498):1910-1917.