New constraints on the rapid crustal motion of the Aegean region: Recent results inferred from GPS measurements (1993-1998) across the West Hellenic Arc, Greece

Cocard, M; Kahle, H-G; Peter, Y; Geiger, A; Veis, G; Felekis, S; Paradissis, D; Billiris, H

dc.contributor.author	Cocard, M	en
dc.contributor.author	Kahle, H-G	en
dc.contributor.author	Peter, Y	en
dc.contributor.author	Geiger, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Veis, G	en
dc.contributor.author	Felekis, S	en
dc.contributor.author	Paradissis, D	en
dc.contributor.author	Billiris, H	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:14:52Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:14:52Z
dc.date.issued	1999	en
dc.identifier.issn	0012-821X	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/13254
dc.subject	Crustal shortening	en
dc.subject	Greece	en
dc.subject	Greek Ionian Islands	en
dc.subject	Hellenic Arc	en
dc.subject.classification	Geochemistry & Geophysics	en
dc.subject.other	crustal movement	en
dc.subject.other	crustal shortening	en
dc.subject.other	GPS	en
dc.subject.other	Greece	en
dc.subject.other	Mediterranean Sea	en
dc.title	New constraints on the rapid crustal motion of the Aegean region: Recent results inferred from GPS measurements (1993-1998) across the West Hellenic Arc, Greece	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00185-5	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00185-5	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	1999	en
heal.abstract	In this paper we present the most recent observations of crustal motion across the entire West Hellenic Are (WHA). These are based on repeated GPS measurements carried out in the period from 1993 to 1998. The results are presented in terms of trajectories and rates, relative to Eurasia. Within these five years southwestern Greece has moved to the southwest by an average rate of 30 mm/a, increasing from 10 mm/a at the island of Lefkada, in the center of the Ionian islands, to nearly 40 mm/a along the southwest part of the Peloponnesus and to 35 mm/a on the islands of Crete and Gavdhos. The data provide strong evidence that distributed shear strain starts at the Kephalonia Fault Zone (KFZ), were an anomalously high earthquake activity is also observed. A striking interruption of the motion is seen at the island of Strofades, at the southwest leading edge of the WHA, where a south-oriented displacement of 12 cm was detected, coincident with the M = 6.4 Strofades earthquake of Nov. 18, 1997. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.	en
heal.publisher	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV	en
heal.journalName	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00185-5	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000083527500004	en
dc.identifier.volume	172	en
dc.identifier.issue	1-2	en
dc.identifier.spage	39	en
dc.identifier.epage	47	en