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Provedor de dados: | 5
País: | France
Título: | Basin inversion: Reactivated rift structures in the Ligurian Sea revealed by OBS
Autores: | Thorwart, Martin; Dannowski, Anke; Grevemeyer, Ingo; Lange, Dietrich; Kopp, Heidrun; Petersen, Florian; Crawford, Wayne; Paul, Anne; The Alparray Working Group,.
Data: | 2021
Ano: | 2021
Resumo: | The northern margin of the Ligurian Basin shows notable seismicity at the Alpine front, including frequent magnitude 4 events. Seismicity decreases offshore towards the Basin centre and Corsica, revealing a diffuse distribution of low magnitude earthquakes. We analyse data of the amphibious AlpArray seismic network with focus on the offshore component, the AlpArray OBS network, consisting of 24 broadband ocean bottom seismometers deployed for eight months, to reveal the seismicity and depth distribution of micro-earthquakes beneath the Ligurian Sea. Two clusters occurred between ~10 km to ~16 km depth below sea surface, within the lower crust and uppermost mantle. Thrust faulting focal mechanisms indicate compression and an inversion of the Ligurian Basin, which is an abandoned Oligocene rift basin. The Basin inversion is suggested to be related to the Africa-Europe plate convergence. The locations and focal mechanisms of seismicity suggest reactivation of pre-existing rift structures. Slightly different striking directions of faults in the basin centre compared to faults further east and hence away from the abandoned rift may mimic the counter-clockwise rotation of the Corsica-Sardinia block during ~20–16 Ma. The observed cluster events support the hypothesis of strengthening of crust and uppermost mantle during rifting related extension and thinning of continental crust.
Tipo: | Text
Idioma: | Inglês

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https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00678/79017/81416.pdf

DOI:10.5194/se-2021-9

https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00678/79017/

Editor: | Copernicus GmbH
Formato: | application/pdf
Fonte: | Solid Earth (1869-9529) (Copernicus GmbH) In Press

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