The Adria Microplate

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

• ISBN13: 9781402042348
• ISBN10: 1402042345
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-15
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

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 Veszprém, 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	ix
Introduction
Recent Advances in Peri-Adriatic Geodynamics and Future Research Directions
Nicholas Pinter and Gyula Grenerczy	1	(20)
Regional Tectonic Framework
Pleistocene Change from Convergence to Extension in the Apennines as a Consequence of Adria Microplate Motion
Seth Stein and Giovanni F. Sella	21	(14)
Plate Tectonic Framework and GPS-Derived Strain-Rate Field within the Boundary Zones of the Eurasian and African Plates
Christine Hollenstein, Hans-Gert Kahle, Alain Geiger	35	(16)
Post-Late Miocene Kinematics of the Adria Microplate: Inferences from Geological, Geophysical and Geodetic Data
Enzo Mantovani, Daniele Babbucci, Marcello Viti, Dario Albarello, Enrico Mugnaioli, Nicola Cenni, Giuseppe Casula	51	(20)
Geologic Evidence of Adria Motion
Paleomagnetic Evidence for Tertiary Counterclockwise Rotation of Adria with Respect to Africa
Emo Márton	71	(10)
Paleomagnetic Constraints for the Reconstruction of the Geodynamic Evolution of the Apennines During the Middle Miocene-Pleistocene
Leonardo Sagnotti	81	(14)
Geo-Structural Evidence for Active Oblique Extension in South-Central Italy
Luigi Piccardi, Emanuele Tondi, Giuseppe Cello	95	(14)
Rates of Late Neogene Deformation along the Southwestern Margin of Adria, Southern Apennines Orogen, Italy
Luigi Ferranti and John S. Oldow	109	(24)
The Albanian Orogen: Convergence Zone between Eurasia and the Adria Microplate
Shyqyri Aliaj	133	(18)
Late Cenozoic Tectonics of Slovenia: Structural Styles at the Northeastern Corner of the Adriatic Microplate
Marko Vrabec and László Fodor	151	(18)
Geodetic Infrastructure and Technology
Recent Monitoring of Crustal Movements in the Eastern Mediterranean; the Use of GPS Measurements
Günter Stangl and Carine Bruyninx	169	(14)
Consortium for Central European GPS Geodynamic Reference Network (CEGRN Consortium)
István Fejes	183	(12)
Geodynamic Investigation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Medžida Mulic, Mirza Bašagic, Safet Cicic	195	(14)
Instrumentation for Terrestrial Measurements of Geodynamics and the Main Sources of Disturbance
Radovan Marjanovic Kavanagh	209	(14)
Vertical Movements in Slovenia from Leveling Data
Božo Koler	223	(14)
Geoid Determination in Serbia
Oleg Odalovic	237	(10)
Processing of Geodynamic GPS networks in Croatia with GAMIT Software
Damir Medak and Boško Pribicevic	247	(10)
Geodetic Measurement and Geodynamics
Active Deformation of the Northern Adriatic Region: Results from the CRODYN Geodynamical Experiment
Yüksel Altiner, Marijan Marjanovic, Matija Medved, Ljerka Rasic	257	(12)
Fragmentation of Adria and Active Decollement Tectonics within the Southern Peri-Tyrrhenian Orogen, Italy
John. S. Oldow and Luigi. Ferranti	269	(18)
Geodetic Measurement in the Aegean Sea Region for the Detection of Crustal Deformation
Demitris Delikaraoglou, Harilaos Billiris, Demitris Paradissis, Philip C. England, Barry Parsons, Peter J. Clarke	287	(18)
The PIVO-2003 Experiment: a GPS Study of Istria Peninsula and Adria M icroplate Motion, and Active Tectonics in Slovenian
John Weber, Marko Vrabec, Bojan Stopar, Polona Pavlovcic-Prešeren, Tim Dixon	305	(16)
Crustal Deformation between Adria and the European Platform from Space Geodesy
Gyula Grenerczy and Ambrus Kenyeres	321	(14)
Seismology, Seismic Hazard, and Societal Impacts of Adria Tectonics
Seismicity along the Northwestern Edge of the Adria Microplate
François Thouvenot and Julien Fréchet	335	(16)
Seismicity of the Adriatic Microplate and a Possible Triggering: Geodynamic Implication
Betim Muço	351	(18)
Seismic Hazard in the Pannonian Region
László Tóth, Erzsébet Gyori, Peter Mónus, Tibor Zsiros	369	(16)
Societal Aspects of Ongoing Deformation in the Pannonian Region
Gábor Bada, Frank Horváth, László Tóth, László Fodor, Gábor Timár, Sierd Cloetingh	385	(18)
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