The Adria Microplate

by Pinter, Nicholas; Gyula, Grenerczy; Weber, John; Stein, Seth; Medak, Damir

• ISBN13: 9781402042331
• ISBN10: 1402042337
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-15
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

Tectonic motion of the Adria microplate exerts a first-order control on the tectonics, geology, seismology, resource distribution, and the geological hazards across a broad zone of south-central Europe and the north-central Mediterranean. Since its first application to geodynamical problems, GPS geodesy has gradually revealed the nature of motion and deformation for most active areas of deformation across the Earth. One of the last remaining regional-scale problems on the planet is the motion and associated deformation in the peri-Adriatic region. Selected local-scale studies have examined aspects of this motion, but to date no truly regional analysis or regional team has systematically attacked the full breadth of this problem. A NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) was held in Veszprèm, Hungary from April 4-7, 2004. This workshop brought together a distinguished international group of scientists working in the peri-Adriatic region to: (1) review research activities and results, (2) share technical expertise, and (3) provide a springboard for future collaborative research on Adria geodynamics. Areas of agreement were identified, as well as remaining areas of debate. In addition, attention focused on important scientific questions and the potential for international and interdisciplinary research in the future.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Recent Advances in Peri-Adriatic Geodynamics and Future Research Directions

Regional Tectonic Framework

Pleistocene Change from Convergence to Extension in the Apennines as a Consequence of Adria Microplate Motion

Plate Tectonic Framework and GPS-Derived Strain-Rate Field within the Boundary Zones ofthe Eurasian and African Plates

Post-Late Miocene Kinematics ofthe Adria Microplate: Inferences from Geological, Geophysical and Geodetic Data

Geologic Evidence of Adria Motion. Paleomagnetic Evidence for Tertiary Counterclockwise Rotation of Adria with Respect to Africa

Paleomagnetic Constraints for the Reconstruction of the Geodynamic Evolution of the Middle Miocene-Pleistocene

Geo-Structural Evidence for Active Oblique Extension in South-Central Italy

Rates of Late Neogene Deformation along the Southwestern Margin of Adria, Southern Apennines Orogen, Italy

The Albanian Orogen: Convergence Zone between Eurasia and the Adria Microplate

Late Cenozoic Tectonics of Slovenia: Structural Styles at the Northeastern Corner of the Adriatic Microplate

Geodetic Infrastructure and Technology Recent Monitoring of Crustal Movements in the Eastern Mediterranean; the Use of GPS Measurements

Consortium for Central European GPS Geodynamic Reference Network (CEGRN Consortium)

Geodynamic Investigation in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Instrumentation for Terrestrial Measurements of Geodynamics and the Main Sources of Disturbance

Vertical Movements in Slovenia from Leveling Data

Geoid Determination in Serbia

Processing of Geodynamic GPS-networks in Croatia with GAMIT Software

Geodetic Measurement and Geodynamics Active Deformation of the Northern Adriatic Region: Results from the CRODYN Geodynamical Experiment

Fragmentation of Adria and Active Decollement Tectonics within the Southern Peri-Tyrrhenian Orogen, Italy

Geodetic Measurement in the Aegean Sea Region for the Detection of Crustal Deformation

The PIVO-2003 GPS Experiment: a Study of Istria Peninsula and Adria Microplate Motion and Neotectonics in the Northeastern, Slovenian Corner ofthe Alps

Crustal Deformation between Adria and the European Platform from Space Geodesy

Seismology, Seismic Hazard, and Societal Impacts of Adria Tectonics Seismicity along the Northwestern Edge ofthe Adria Microplate

Seismicity of the Adriatic Microplate and a Possible Triggering Geodynamic Implication

Seismic Hazard in the Pannonian Region

Societal Aspects of Ongoing Deformation in the Pannonian Region

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