Seismic tomography models of the three-dimensional upper mantle velocity structure of the
Mediterranean-Carpathian region provide a better understanding of the lithospheric …

Slab edges are a relatively common feature in plate tectonics. Two prominent examples are
the northern end of the Tonga subduction zone and the southern end of the New Hebrides …

New tomographic images of the Hellenic subduction zone demonstrate slab penetration in
the Aegean Upper Mantle to depths of at least 600 km. Beneath Greece the lower part of the …

In recent syntheses of the geodynamic evolution of the Aegean area the Hellenic subduction
zone and in particular its initiation, plays a central role. Two basic aspects of the recent …

In the mantle underneath the Tethyan suture zone, large volumes of positive velocity anomalies
have been imaged by seismic tomography and interpreted as the present‐day signature …

A review of the geological and geophysical data from the central and western Mediterranean
region and the present-day upper mantle structure derived from tomographic studies are …

The grodynnmical evolution of thc Medllerranean region is pcncrally considered in the contcxt
of the interactian (cclni-ergencel of thc Eurasian plate and thc African plate. In analyses of …

Slab detachment (or breakoff) has been proposed as a cause of temperature‐related
processes associated with subduction, such as postcollisional magmatism, mineralization, and …

It is known that mineralization in orogenic belts often occurs in extensional settings late in
the collisional history, and without voluminous co-temporal magmatism. In search of the …

Although the initiation of subduction is a key element in plate tectonic schemes for evolution
of lithospheric plates, the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. Plate rupture is …