Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9462060 | Comptes Rendus Geoscience | 2005 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
The eastern bend of the Cyprus Arc, at the transition between the submerged Mediterranean subduction and the onshore fault zones that underline the Eurasian, African and Arabic plates boundaries is a submarine feature undergoing a complex tectonic deformation. The BLAC marine geophysical survey helps to better assess the type of the deformation that affects the Messinian to Quaternary sediments along this plate boundary. The deformation, focussed between two tectonic corridors, displays compressive and transpressive features in the central part, becoming thrusting when moving westward in connection with the Cyprus accretionnary wedge. The northeastern end of this submarine range connects with the Latakia Ridge, which is, together with its continental extension, under a tensional tectonic regime. To cite this article: J. Benkhelil et al., C. R. Geoscience 337 (2005).
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Authors
Jean Benkhelil, Mazhar Bayerly, Stéphane Branchoux, Thierry Courp, Eliane Gonthier, Christian Hübscher, Agnès Maillard, Elias Tahchi,