Geodynamic evolution of the central and western Mediterranean: Tectonics vs. igneous petrology constraints

TL;DR: A novel joint analysis of seismological and remote-sensing data is performed to achieve new insights into the faulting process evolution during the considered seismic sequences in Italy, showing that over time extensional seismic sequences are spatially distributed within a volume, whereas compressional ones are aligned along a preferential surface.

TL;DR: In this paper , a sound evaluation of Young's modulus of the Argille del Santerno formation was obtained based on experimental data so as to describe the deformation behavior of the formation at current or prospective storage sites.

TL;DR: The distribution of ore-deposit types in different sectors of the circum-Mediterranean realm that have been affected by subduction processes since the Cretaceous varies in space and time as mentioned in this paper.

Abstract: The Mount Conero coastline (central Adriatic, Marche Region) is characterized mostly by an active cliff, whose morphology is closely related to lithologic and structural characteristics of bedrock. Where marine erosion is still active, slopes are generally steeper close to the coast; in the upper part, however, slopes are smoother as the original cliff has been remodeled by fluvial-denudational processes. The central portion of the coast (the area of Portonovo) is characterized by an inactive high cliff. The present work deals about a general geomorphological analysis of the whole coastal sector, focusing on the genesis of the beach located in front of the above mentioned inactive cliff; due to its considerable extension towards the sea, the cliff can be considered as a headland. The sea bottom shows a clear convexity with respect the almost regular

TL;DR: In this article, phase diagrams of hydrous mid-ocean ridge (MOR) basalts to 330 km depth and hydrous peridotites to 250 km depth are compiled for conditions characteristic for subduction zones.

TL;DR: In this paper, an arc migration model was proposed to explain the dynamic relationship between extension in the Tyrrhenian basin and compression in the Apennines, and the estimated contemporaneous (post-middle Miocene) amounts of extension and shortening in the apennines appear to be very similar.

TL;DR: In this article, a preliminary model for the Cenozoic kinematic evolution of the western Mediterranean oceanic basins and their peripheral orogens is presented, which integrates the motion of Africa relative to Europe based upon a new study of Atlantic fracture zones using SEASAT data and the Lamont-Doherty magnetic anomaly database.

TL;DR: In this article, the evolution of the Tethys belt from the Pliensbachian (190 Ma) to the Tortonian (10 Ma) is depicted at 1 20,000,000 scale.