Publication Date:
2016-09-11
Description:
We present an integrated approach of the seismic structure and activity along the offshore SW Hellenic subduction from combined observations of marine and land seismic stations. Our imaging of the slab top topography from teleseismic receiver function analysis at Ocean Bottom Seismometers supports a trenchward continuation of the along-dip slab faults beneath the Peloponnesus. We further show that their morpho-structural control accounts for the backstepping of the thrust contact of the Mediterranean Ridge accretionary wedge over the upper plate. Local seismic activity offshore SW Peloponnesus constrained by OBS observations reveals a correlation with specific features of the forearc: the Matapan Troughs. We study the Mw 6.8 14.02.2008 interplate earthquake offshore SW Peloponnesus and show that its nucleation, rupture zone and aftershocks sequence are confined to one slab panel between two adjacent along-dip faults and are thus controlled by the offshore slab top segmentation, but also the upper plate sea-bottom morphology.
Print ISSN:
0094-8276
Electronic ISSN:
1944-8007
Topics:
Geosciences
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Physics
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