GPS results for Macedonia and its importance for the tectonics of the Southern Balkan extensional regime

Burchfiel, Clark B. and King, Robert W. and Todosov, Angel and Kotzev, Valentin and Durmurdzanov, Nikola and Serafimovski, Todor and Nurce, Bilbil (2006) GPS results for Macedonia and its importance for the tectonics of the Southern Balkan extensional regime. Tectonophysics, 413 (3,4). pp. 239-248. ISSN 0040-1951

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Abstract

GPS results from 25 stations in Macedonia measured in 1996 and 2000 show that Macedonia moves SSE relative to Eurasia
essentially as a single crustal piece along with parts of westernmost Bulgaria. Geological studies show active N–S normal faults
and two NNW-striking right-lateral faults in western Macedonia, and NW-trending left-lateral faults SE Macedonia, with a region
in central Macedonia essentially devoid of active faults. Distribution of seismic activity supports the geological studies. However, the GPS results cannot discriminate the active faulting, except perhaps in the northern part of Macedonia in the Skopje and adjacent areas, where active ~NS extension occurs. Slip-rates on the strike-slip faults must be low, in the range of 0–2 mm/year. There is a progressive increase in GPS velocities southward in northern Greece toward the North Anatolian fault zone, across which the
velocities increase and change direction dramatically.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Natural sciences > Earth and related environmental sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Natural and Technical Sciences
Depositing User:	Todor Serafimovski
Date Deposited:	26 Nov 2012 08:24
Last Modified:	26 Nov 2012 08:24
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/2009

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