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Journal of the Geological Society; 1981; v. 138; issue.6; p. 719-733;
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.138.6.0719
© 1981 Geological Society of London

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The Eurasian-Arabian and African continental margin from Iran to Greece

Barry Scott

The continental margin between Eurasia and Arabia can be traced as a continuous thrust zone for c. 2000 km from the Gulf of Iran westwards through Iran and Turkey towards the Mediterranean Sea. In this sector it forms a coherent geological whole with increasing structural complexity from S to N across the junction. This clarity is terminated 125 km NE of the Gulf of Iskenderun, on the Mediterranean Sea, by the N–S trending Levant Fault System (LFS). W of the LFS, for 1400km to the W of Greece, the boundary significantly changes to curved micro-plates, which are not directly observable as they are beneath the sea. Their location is in doubt for c. 650 km from the LFS westwards to the eastern margin of the Aegean plate, at the Anaximander Mountains. Over this sector, several major tectonic units occur which obscure and complicate such a margin. To the W the Aegean plate continues for 750 km with the characteristics of an island arc.




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