Insights on continental collisional processes from GPS data: Dynamics of the peri-Adriatic belts

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 8701-8719

  Metois M ^a   D'Agostino, N ^a   Avallone, A ^a   Chamot Rooke, N ^b   Rabaute, A ^c   Duni, L ^d   Kuka, N ^d   Koci, R ^d   Georgiev, I ^e  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^c Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^d POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

active deformation; Balkans; dynamics; GPS; gravitational Potential energy; peri Adriatic

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; GPS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; POTENTIAL ENERGY; STRAIN RATE;

ALBANIA; ALBANIDES; ALPS; APENNINES; BALKANS; DINARIC ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; ITALY;

EID: 84957842500     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JB012023     Document Type: Article

References (88)

1. Altamimi, Z., X. Collilieux, and, L. Métivier, (2011), ITRF2008: An improved solution of the international terrestrial reference frame, J. Geod., 85 (8), 457-473.
2. Ambraseys, N., and, J. Jackson, (1998), Faulting associated with historical and recent earthquakes in the Eastern Mediterranean region, Geophys. J. Int., 133 (2), 390-406.
3. Bar-Sever, Y. E., P. M. Kroger, and, J. A. Borjesson, (1998), Estimating horizontal gradients of tropospheric path delay with a single GPS receiver, J. Geophys. Res., 103 (B3), 5019-5035.
4. Beavan, J., and, J. Haines, (2001), Contemporary horizontal velocity and strain rate fields of the Pacific-Australian plate boundary zone through New Zealand, J. Geophys. Res., 106 (B1), 741-770, doi: 10.1029/2000JB900302.
5. Bennett, R., et al., (2012), Syn-convergent extension observed using the retreat GPS network, Northern Apennines, Italy, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B04408, doi: 10.1029/2011JB008744.
6. Bennett, R. A., S. Hreinsdõttir, G. Buble, T. Bašic, Ž. Bačic, M. Marjanovic, G. Casale, A. Gendaszek, and, D. Cowan, (2008), Eocene to present subduction of Southern Adria mantle lithosphere beneath the dinarides, Geology, 36 (1), 3-6.
7. Benoit, M. H., M. Torpey, K. Liszewski, V. Levin, and, J. Park, (2011), P and S wave upper mantle seismic velocity structure beneath the northern Apennines: New evidence for the end of subduction, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 12, Q06004, doi: 10.1029/2010GC003428.
8. Bertiger, W., S. D. Desai, B. Haines, N. Harvey, A. W. Moore, S. Owen, and, J. P. Weiss, (2010), Single receiver phase ambiguity resolution with GPS data, J. Geod., 84 (5), 327-337.
9. Bianchi, I., M. S. Miller, and, G. Bokelmann, (2014), Insights on the upper mantle beneath the Eastern Alps, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 403, 199-209.
10. Blewitt, G., (1998), GPS data processing methodology: From theory to applications, in GPS for Geodesy, edited by, P. Teunissen, and, A. Kleusberg, pp. 231-270, Springer, Berlin Heidelberg.
11. Blewitt, G., C. Kreemer, W. C. Hammond, and, J. M. Goldfarb, (2013), Terrestrial reference frame NA12 for crustal deformation studies in North America, J. Geodyn., 72, 11-24.
12. Böhm, J., A. Niell, P. Tregoning, and, H. Schuh, (2006), Global Mapping Function (GMF): A new empirical mapping function based on numerical weather model data, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L07304, doi: 10.1029/2005GL025546.
13. Brückl, E., M. Behm, K. Decker, M. Grad, A. Guterch, G. Keller, and, H. Thybo, (2010), Crustal structure and active tectonics in the Eastern Alps, Tectonics, 29, TC2011, doi: 10.1029/2009TC002491.
14. Brun, J.-P., and, D. Sokoutis, (2010), 45 m.y. of Aegean crust and mantle flow driven by trench retreat, Geology, 38 (9), 815-818.
15. Burchfiel, C., R. W. King, A. Todosov, V. Kotzev, N. Durmurdzanov, T. Serafimovski, and, B. Nurce, (2006), GPS results for Macedonia and its importance for the tectonics of the Southern Balkan extensional regime, Tectonophysics, 413 (3), 239-248.
16. Caporali, A., et al., (2009), Surface kinematics in the Alpine-Carpathian-Dinaric and Balkan region inferred from a new multi-network GPS combination solution, Tectonophysics, 474 (1), 295-321.
17. Cavinato, G., and, P. De Celles, (1999), Extensional basins in the tectonically bimodal Central Apennines fold-thrust belt, Italy: Response to corner flow above a subducting slab in retrograde motion, Geology, 27 (10), 955-958.
18. Cheloni, D., N. D'Agostino, and, G. Selvaggi, (2014), Interseismic coupling, seismic potential, and earthquake recurrence on the southern front of the Eastern Alps (NE Italy), J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 119, 4448-4468, doi: 10.1002/2014JB010954.
19. Chen, Q., J. T. Freymueller, Q. Wang, Z. Yang, C. Xu, and, J. Liu, (2004), A deforming block model for the present-day tectonics of Tibet, J. Geophys. Res., 109, B01403, doi: 10.1029/2002JB002151.
20. Copley, A., (2008), Kinematics and dynamics of the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, Geophys. J. Int., 174 (3), 1081-1100.
21. Copley, A., F. Boait, J. Hollingsworth, J. Jackson, and, D. McKenzie, (2009), Subparallel thrust and normal faulting in Albania and the roles of gravitational potential energy and rheology contrasts in mountain belts, J. Geophys. Res., 114, B05407, doi: 10.1029/2008JB005931.
22. D'Agostino, N., et al., (1999), Convective support of long-wavelength topography in the Apennines (Italy), Terra Nova, 11 (5), 228-233.
23. D'Agostino, N., J. Jackson, F. Dramis, and, R. Funiciello, (2001), Interactions between mantle upwelling, drainage evolution and active normal faulting: An example from the Central Apennines (Italy), Geophys. J. Int., 147 (2), 475-497.
24. D'Agostino, N., A. Avallone, D. Cheloni, E. D'anastasio, S. Mantenuto, and, G. Selvaggi, (2008), Active tectonics of the Adriatic region from GPS and earthquake slip vectors, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B12413, doi: 10.1029/2008JB005860.
25. D'Agostino, N., S. Mantenuto, E. D'Anastasio, R. Giuliani, M. Mattone, S. Calcaterra, P. Gambino, and, L. Bonci, (2011), Evidence for localized active extension in the central Apennines (Italy) from global positioning system observations, Geology, 39 (4), 291-294.
26. D'Agostino, N., P. England, I. Hunstad, and, G. Selvaggi, (2014), Gravitational potential energy and active deformation in the Apennines, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 397, 121-132.
27. Debayle, E., and, Y. Ricard, (2013), Seismic observations of large-scale deformation at the bottom of fast-moving plates, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 376, 165-177.
28. Demarest, H. H., (1983), Error analysis for the determination of tectonic rotation from paleomagnetic data, J. Geophys. Res., 88 (B5), 4321-4328.
29. Devoti, R., A. Esposito, G. Pietrantonio, A. R. Pisani, and, F. Riguzzi, (2011), Evidence of large scale deformation patterns from GPS data in the Italian subduction boundary, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 311 (3), 230-241.
30. Ebbing, J., C. Braitenberg, and, H.-J. Götze, (2006), The lithospheric density structure of the Eastern Alps, Tectonophysics, 414 (1), 145-155.
31. England, P., and, G. Houseman, (1989), Extension during continental convergence, with application to the Tibetan Plateau, J. Geophys. Res., 94 (B12), 17,561-17,579.
32. England, P., and, J. Jackson, (1989), Active deformation of the continents, Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 17, 197-226.
33. England, P., and, D. McKenzie, (1982), A thin viscous sheet model for continental deformation, Geophys. J. Int., 70 (2), 295-321.
34. England, P., and, P. Molnar, (1997), Active deformation of Asia: From kinematics to dynamics, Science, 278 (5338), 647-650.
35. Faccenna, C., T. W. Becker, L. Jolivet, and, M. Keskin, (2013), Mantle convection in the Middle East: Reconciling Afar upwelling, Arabia indentation and Aegean trench rollback, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 375, 254-269.
36. Fleitout, L., and, C. Froidevaux, (1982), Tectonics and topography for a lithosphere containing density heterogeneities, Tectonics, 1 (1), 21-56.
37. Flesch, L. M., W. E. Holt, A. J. Haines, and, B. Shen-Tu, (2000), Dynamics of the Pacific-North American plate boundary in the western United States, Science, 287 (5454), 834-836.
38. Galasso, C., I. Gomez, A. Gupta, and, B. Shen-Tu, (2013), Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment for Albania, Macedonia and Serbia, paper presented at Skopje Earthquake-50 Years of European Earthquake Engineering, Skopje, Macedonia, 29-31 May.
39. Haines, A., and, W. Holt, (1993), A procedure for obtaining the complete horizontal motions within zones of distributed deformation from the inversion of strain rate data, J. Geophys. Res., 98 (B7), 12,057-12,082.
40. Haslinger, C., S. Krauss, and, G. Stangl, (2007), The intra-plate velocities of GPS permanent stations of the Eastern Alps, Vermessung Geoinformation, 2, 66-72.
41. Hugentobler, U., R. Dach, P. Fridez, and, M. Meindl, (2006), Bernese GPS software, version 5.0.
42. Jolivet, L., et al., (2013), Aegean tectonics: Strain localisation, slab tearing and trench retreat, Tectonophysics, 597, 1-33.
43. Jouanne, F., J. Mugnier, R. Koci, S. Bushati, K. Matev, N. Kuka, I. Shinko, S. Kociu, and, L. Duni, (2012), GPS constraints on current tectonics of Albania, Tectonophysics, 554, 50-62.
44. Kissel, C., C. Laj, and, C. Müller, (1985), Tertiary geodynamical evolution of northwestern Greece: Paleomagnetic results, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 72 (2), 190-204.
45. Kissel, C., F. Speranza, and, V. Milicevic, (1995), Paleomagnetism of external southern and central Dinarides and northern Albanides: Implications for the Cenozoic activity of the Scutari-Pec transverse zone, J. Geophys. Res., 100 (B8), 14,999-15,007.
46. Le Pichon, X., and, C. Kreemer, (2010), The Miocene-to-present kinematic evolution of the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East and its implications for dynamics, Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 38, 323-351.
47. Malvern, L. E., (1969), Introduction to the Mechanics of a Continuous Medium, Prentice-Hall, Univ. of Michigan.
48. Margheriti, L., F. Lucente, and, S. Pondrelli, (2003), SKS splitting measurements in the Apenninic-Tyrrhenian domain (Italy) and their relation with lithospheric subduction and mantle convection, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (B4), 2218, doi: 10.1029/2002JB001793.
49. Márton, E., and, D. Veljovic, (1983), Paleomagnetism of the Istria peninsula, Yugoslavia, Tectonophysics, 91 (1), 73-87.
50. Matev, K., (2011), Contraintes GPS sur la tectonique actuelle du sud-ouest de la Bulgarie, de la grèce du nord et de l'Albanie, PhD thesis, Université de Grenoble.
51. Meade, B. J., (2007), Present-day kinematics at the India-Asia collision zone, Geology, 35 (1), 81-84.
52. Molinari, I., and, A. Morelli, (2011), Epcrust: A reference crustal model for the European Plate, Geophys. J. Int., 185 (1), 352-364.
53. Molnar, P., (1988), Continental tectonics in the aftermath of plate tectonics, Nature, 335 (6186), 131-137.
54. Molnar, P., and, H. Lyon-Caen, (1988), Some simple physical aspects of the support, structure, and evolution of mountain belts, Geol. Soc. Am. Spec. Pap., 218, 179-208.
55. Molnar, P., and, P. Tapponnier, (1975), Cenozoic tectonics of Asia: Effects of a continental collision, Science, 189 (4201), 419-426.
56. Nocquet, J.-M., (2012), Present-day kinematics of the Mediterranean: A comprehensive overview of GPS results, Tectonophysics, 579, 220-242.
57. Nyst, M., and, W. Thatcher, (2004), New constraints on the active tectonic deformation of the Aegean, J. Geophys. Res., 109, B11406, doi: 10.1029/2003JB002830.
58. Olive, J.-A., F. Pearce, S. Rondenay, and, M. D. Behn, (2014), Pronounced zonation of seismic anisotropy in the western Hellenic subduction zone and its geodynamic significance, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 391, 100-109.
59. Paul, A., H. Karabulut, A. K. Mutlu, and, G. Salaün, (2014), A comprehensive and densely sampled map of shear-wave azimuthal anisotropy in the Aegean-Anatolia region, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 389, 14-22.
60. Perouse, E., N. Chamot-Rooke, A. Rabaute, P. Briole, F. Jouanne, I. Georgiev, and, D. Dimitrov, (2012), Bridging onshore and offshore present-day kinematics of central and eastern Mediterranean: Implications for crustal dynamics and mantle flow, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 13, Q09013, doi: 10.1029/2012GC004289.
61. Petrovski, J. T., (2004), Damaging Effects of July 26, 1963 Skopje Earthquake, Middle East Seismological Forum, Cyber Journal of Geoscience Volume Two. [Available at www.meseisforum.net.]
62. Picha, F. J., (2002), Late orogenic strike-slip faulting and escape tectonics in frontal Dinarides-Hellenides, Croatia, Yugoslavia, Albania, and Greece, Bull. Am. Assoc. Petrol. Geol., 86 (9), 1659-1671.
63. Piromallo, C., and, A. Morelli, (2003), P wave tomography of the mantle under the Alpine-Mediterranean area, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (B2), 2065, doi: 10.1029/2002JB001757.
64. Pondrelli, S., S. Salimbeni, G. Ekström, A. Morelli, P. Gasperini, and, G. Vannucci, (2006), The Italian CMT dataset from 1977 to the present, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 159 (3), 286-303.
65. Pondrelli, S., S. Salimbeni, A. Morelli, G. Ekström, L. Postpischl, G. Vannucci, and, E. Boschi, (2011), European-Mediterranean regional centroid moment tensor catalog: Solutions for 2005-2008, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 185 (3), 74-81.
66. Ratschbacher, L., W. Frisch, H.-G. Linzer, and, O. Merle, (1991), Lateral extrusion in the Eastern Alps, part 2: Structural analysis, Tectonics, 10 (2), 257-271.
67. Rebischung, P., J. Griffiths, J. Ray, R. Schmid, X. Collilieux, and, B. Garayt, (2012), IGS08: The IGS realization of ITRF2008, GPS Sol., 16 (4), 483-494.
68. Reilinger, R., S. McClusky, D. Paradissis, S. Ergintav, and, P. Vernant, (2010), Geodetic constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Aegean region and strain accumulation along the Hellenic subduction zone, Tectonophysics, 488 (1), 22-30.
69. Robl, J., and, K. Stüwe, (2005), Continental collision with finite indenter strength: 2. European Eastern Alps, Tectonics, 24, TC4014, doi: 10.1029/2004TC001741.
70. Royden, L. H., and, D. J. Papanikolaou, (2011), Slab segmentation and late cenozoic disruption of the Hellenic arc, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 12, Q03010, doi: 10.1029/2010GC003280.
71. Scherneck, H., (1991), A parametrized solid earth tide model and ocean tide loading effects for global geodetic baseline measurements, Geophys. J. Int., 106 (3), 677-694.
72. Selverstone, J., (2004), Are the Alps collapsing?, Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 33 (1), 113-132.
73. Serpelloni, E., M. Anzidei, P. Baldi, G. Casula, and, A. Galvani, (2005), 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., 161 (3), 861-880.
74. Shanov, S., and, N. Dobrev, (2000), Tectonic stress field in the epicentral area of 04.04.1904 Kroupnik Earthquake from strea on slickensides. Geodynamic Investigations on the Territory of Bulgaria, in Investigations of the Krupnik-Kresna Region Related to the 1904 Earthquake, Reports of Geodesy, vol. 4, pp. 117-122, Warsaw Univ. Technology, Poland.
75. Sonder, L. J., and, P. England, (1986), Vertical averages of rheology of the continental lithosphere: Relation to thin sheet parameters, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 77 (1), 81-90.
76. Speranza, F., I. Islami, C. Kissel, and, A. Hyseni, (1995), Paleomagnetic evidence for Cenozoic clockwise rotation of the external Albanides, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 129 (1), 121-134.
77. Suckale, J., S. Rondenay, M. Sachpazi, M. Charalampakis, A. Hosa, and, L. Royden, (2009), High-resolution seismic imaging of the western Hellenic subduction zone using teleseismic scattered waves, Geophys. J. Int., 178 (2), 775-791.
78. Thatcher, W., (2007), Microplate model for the present-day deformation of Tibet, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B01401, doi: 10.1029/2005JB004244.
79. Thatcher, W., (2009), How the continents deform: The evidence from tectonic geodesy, Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 37, 237-262.
80. Van Hinsbergen, D., C. Langereis, and, J. Meulenkamp, (2005), Revision of the timing, magnitude and distribution of Neogene rotations in the western Aegean region, Tectonophysics, 396 (1), 1-34.
81. Velaj, T., (2001), Evaporites in Albania and their impact on the thrusting processes, J. Balkan Geophys. Soc., 4 (1), 9-18.
82. Vergnolle, M., E. Calais, and, L. Dong, (2007), Dynamics of continental deformation in Asia, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B11403, doi: 10.1029/2006JB004807.
83. Vrabec, M., and, L. Fodor, (2006), Late Cenozoic Tectonics of Slovenia: Structural Styles at the Northeastern Corner of the Adriatic Microplate, Springer, Netherlands.
84. Wdowinski, S., Y. Bock, J. Zhang, P. Fang, and, J. Genrich, (1997), Southern California permanent GPS geodetic array: Spatial filtering of daily positions for estimating coseismic and postseismic displacements induced by the 1992 Landers earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 102 (B8), 18,057-18,070.
85. Williams, S. D., (2008), CATS: GPS coordinate time series analysis software, GPS Sol., 12 (2), 147-153.
86. Willingshofer, E., and, S. Cloetingh, (2003), Present-day lithospheric strength of the Eastern Alps and its relationship to neotectonics, Tectonics, 22 (6), 1075, doi: 10.1029/2002TC001463.
87. Wüstefeld, A., G. Bokelmann, G. Barruol, and, J.-P. Montagner, (2009), Identifying global seismic anisotropy patterns by correlating shear-wave splitting and surface-wave data, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 176 (3), 198-212.
88. Zumberge, J., M. Heflin, D. Jefferson, M. Watkins, and, F. Webb, (1997), Precise point positioning for the efficient and robust analysis of GPS data from large networks, J. Geophys. Res., 102 (B3), 5005-5017.