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dc.contributor.authorallPalano, M.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Catania, Catania, Italiaen
dc.contributor.authorallGonzález, P. J.; COMET. Institute of Geophysics and Tectonics, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdomen
dc.contributor.authorallFernández, J.; Institute of Geosciences, CSIC, UCM, School of Mathematics, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spainen
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-25T07:18:19Zen
dc.date.available2016-02-25T07:18:19Zen
dc.date.issued2015-10-01en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2122/10253en
dc.description.abstractA spatially dense GNSS-based crustal velocity field for the Iberian Peninsula and Northern Africa allow us to provide new insights into two main tectonic processes currently occurring in this area. In particular, we provide, for the first time, clear evidence for a large-scale clockwise rotation of the Iberian Peninsula with respect to stable Eurasia (Euler pole component: N42.612°, W1.833°, clockwise rotation rate of 0.07 deg/Myr). We favour the interpretation that this pattern reflects the quasi-continuous straining of the ductile lithosphere in some sectors of South and Western Iberia in response to viscous coupling of the NW Nubia and Iberian plate boundary in the Gulf of Cádiz. We furnish evidence for a fragmentation of the western Mediterranean basin into independent crustal tectonic blocks, which are delimited by inherited lithospheric shear structures. Among these blocks, an (oceanic-like western) Algerian one is currently transferring a significant fraction of the Nubia-Eurasia convergence rate into the Eastern Betics (SE Iberia) and likely causing the eastward motion of the Baleares Promontory. These processes can be mainly explained by spatially variable lithospheric plate forces imposed along the Nubia-Eurasia convergence boundary.en
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisher.nameElsevier Science Limiteden
dc.relation.ispartofEarth and planetary science lettersen
dc.relation.ispartofseries/430(2015)en
dc.subjectGNSS velocity fielden
dc.subjectcrustal rotationen
dc.subjectquasi-continuous strainingen
dc.subjectIberiaen
dc.titleThe Diffuse Plate boundary of Nubia and Iberia in the Western Mediterranean: crustal deformation evidence for viscous coupling and fragmented lithosphereen
dc.typearticleen
dc.description.statusPublisheden
dc.type.QualityControlPeer-revieweden
dc.description.pagenumber439-447en
dc.identifier.URLhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X1500566Xen
dc.subject.INGV04. Solid Earth::04.03. Geodesy::04.03.01. Crustal deformationsen
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.epsl.2015.08.040en
dc.source.commentaryonThis work has been supported by the Spanish MINECO research projects AYA2010-17448 and ESP2013-47780-C2-1-R. It is a contribution for the Moncloa Campus of International Excellence.en
dc.description.obiettivoSpecifico1T. Geodinamica e interno della Terraen
dc.description.journalTypeJCR Journalen
dc.description.fulltextrestricteden
dc.relation.issn0012-821Xen
dc.relation.eissn1385-013Xen
dc.contributor.authorPalano, M.en
dc.contributor.authorGonzález, P. J.en
dc.contributor.authorFernández, J.en
dc.contributor.departmentIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione OE, Catania, Italiaen
dc.contributor.departmentCOMET. Institute of Geophysics and Tectonics, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdomen
dc.contributor.departmentInstitute of Geosciences, CSIC, UCM, School of Mathematics, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spainen
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crisitem.author.deptIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione OE, Catania, Italia-
crisitem.author.deptInstituto de Geocencias (IGEO) (CSIC, UCM)-
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crisitem.author.parentorgIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia-
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