The mountain chains of the Central Mediterranean (Pyrenees, Apennines, Alps, Dinarides, Hellenides) are shaped by the complex tectonic processes associated with the relative movements and collision of several different microplates. The intense onshore and offshore seismic activity endangers the rich cultural heritage of the entire region. A better understanding of the lithospheric mantle and crustal structures coupled with the knowledge of the interaction between different tectonic units is the key to unravel the processes governing the distribution of this seismic activity. In recent years, seismological field projects (e.g., IberArray; AlpArray and its complementary seismic experiments; ‘THALES WAS RIGHT’ EU project, …) have collected high-quality seismological data, thus providing new insight into the main orogenic systems of the region.
This Research Topic is focused on extending knowledge of the lithospheric structures of the central Mediterranean region, thereby shedding light on still unresolved questions about the collision vergence and the relative motions of the plates. The Research Topic volume will be a repository for research stemming from the dense seismic array projects already completed and aimed at imaging deep structures, investigating the surface response to deep movements, reconstructing the motion and deformation of the crust and mantle in the central Mediterranean region. We welcome disciplinary and multidisciplinary works based on geophysical imaging, seismology, geodesy, geodynamics, gravimetry, magnetotellurics, tectonics, and structural geology, from the crust to the upper mantle in the central Mediterranean, as well as research focused on other regions that have some similarity and analogy with the central Mediterranean area.
This Research Topic welcomes Original Research, Reviews, Methods, and other article types of contributions suited for this topic. We particularly encourage (but are not limited to) contributions of the following issues:
• Geophysical and geological observations of the structure of orogenic belts;
• Structure of the tectonic plates in the central Mediterranean;
• Geodynamic processes in the central Mediterranean; tracking of plate motions;
• Seismological observations; major earthquakes identification of seismic structures;
• Analog or numerical modeling of orogenic processes and associated geodynamic mechanisms.
The mountain chains of the Central Mediterranean (Pyrenees, Apennines, Alps, Dinarides, Hellenides) are shaped by the complex tectonic processes associated with the relative movements and collision of several different microplates. The intense onshore and offshore seismic activity endangers the rich cultural heritage of the entire region. A better understanding of the lithospheric mantle and crustal structures coupled with the knowledge of the interaction between different tectonic units is the key to unravel the processes governing the distribution of this seismic activity. In recent years, seismological field projects (e.g., IberArray; AlpArray and its complementary seismic experiments; ‘THALES WAS RIGHT’ EU project, …) have collected high-quality seismological data, thus providing new insight into the main orogenic systems of the region.
This Research Topic is focused on extending knowledge of the lithospheric structures of the central Mediterranean region, thereby shedding light on still unresolved questions about the collision vergence and the relative motions of the plates. The Research Topic volume will be a repository for research stemming from the dense seismic array projects already completed and aimed at imaging deep structures, investigating the surface response to deep movements, reconstructing the motion and deformation of the crust and mantle in the central Mediterranean region. We welcome disciplinary and multidisciplinary works based on geophysical imaging, seismology, geodesy, geodynamics, gravimetry, magnetotellurics, tectonics, and structural geology, from the crust to the upper mantle in the central Mediterranean, as well as research focused on other regions that have some similarity and analogy with the central Mediterranean area.
This Research Topic welcomes Original Research, Reviews, Methods, and other article types of contributions suited for this topic. We particularly encourage (but are not limited to) contributions of the following issues:
• Geophysical and geological observations of the structure of orogenic belts;
• Structure of the tectonic plates in the central Mediterranean;
• Geodynamic processes in the central Mediterranean; tracking of plate motions;
• Seismological observations; major earthquakes identification of seismic structures;
• Analog or numerical modeling of orogenic processes and associated geodynamic mechanisms.