Publication Date:
2020-12-03
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[1] We use GPS measurements and block modeling to
investigate the present-day deformation of the Adriatic
region, whose kinematics within the Nubia-Eurasia plate
boundary zone is not well constrained and remains
controversial. Block modeling allows us to compute rigidplate
angular velocities while accounting for elastic strain
accumulation along block-bounding faults. Results suggest
that the Adriatic is a microplate (Adria) and that the
southern boundary with the Nubia plate and the Aegean
domain may be located along the Apulia Escarpment and
the Kefallinia fault. Geodetic data alone cannot discriminate
between a single block (AP) or a two blocks (GDAP)
description of Adria, but the GDAP model predicts
boundary slip rates that are in better agreement with
observations from previous studies. INDEX TERMS: 1208
Geodesy and Gravity: Crustal movements—intraplate (8110);
1243 Geodesy and Gravity: Space geodetic surveys; 3210
Mathematical Geophysics: Modeling; 8107 Tectonophysics:
Continental neotectonics; 9335 Information Related to
Geographic Region: Europe. Citation: Battaglia, M., M. H.
Murray, E. Serpelloni, and R. Bu¨rgmann (2004), The Adriatic
region: An independent microplate within the Africa-Eurasia
collision zone, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L09605, doi:10.1029/
2004GL019723.
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Adriatic
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microplate
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04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.99. General or miscellaneous
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Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
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