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Paleomagnetic evidence for Neogene rotational deformations in the Aegean domain
Author(s) -
Kissel C.,
Laj C.,
Poisson A.,
Savaşçin Y.,
Simeakis K.,
Mercier J. L.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
tectonics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.465
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1944-9194
pISSN - 0278-7407
DOI - 10.1029/tc005i005p00783
Subject(s) - paleomagnetism , geology , neogene , paleontology , seismology , magnetostratigraphy , dipole , geodesy , structural basin , physics , quantum mechanics
New paleomagnetic data are reported from the islands of Skyros and Lesbos in Central Aegea and the Izmir‐Foça region in Western Anatolia. Together with previous results obtained in Northwestern Greece and with results from Northern Aegea reported by others authors, these data suggest that the Lower Miocene arc was almost rectilinear, trending E‐W and that the curvature was acquired by opposed rotational deformations at each termination. Moreover, the observed inclinations, which are shallower than those expected on the basis of a geocentered dipole field, suggest a large northward drift since Middle Miocene.