La branche orientale de l'arc de Chypre. Morphostructure d'une frontière de plaques d'après les résultats de la campagne BLAC (2003)
- 作者：Jean Benkhelil ; Mazhar Bayerly ; Sté ; phane Branchoux ; Thierry Courp ; Eliane Gonthier ; Christian Hü ; bscher ; Agnè ; s Maillard and Elias Tahchi
- 关键词：Cyprus Arc ; Convergence ; Wrenching ; Messinian ; Swath bathymetry ; Seismic reflection
- 刊名：Comptes Rendus Geoscience
- 出版年：2005
- 期刊代码：87_16310713
- 类别：ear
- 出版时间：2005
- 卷：337
- 期：12
- 页码：1075-1083
- 文件大小：433 K
摘要
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).