Preliminary estimates of plate convergence in the Caucasus Collision Zone from global positioning system measurements

Reilinger, R. E.; McClusky, S.; Souter, B. J.; Hamburger, Michael W.; Prilepin, M. T.; Mishin, A. V.; Гусева, Т. В.; Balassanian, S.

doi:10.1029/97gl01672

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“…Although some of sites in Bul- garia were observed in 1994 and 1996, most of the network in Bulgaria was observed in 1996 and 1998. Additionally a network in the Caucasus was observed in 1991, 1994, 1996 and 1998 (Table 1) (Reilinger et al, 1997a;Tari, 1999).…”

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“…The Black Sea occurs within the Anatolian sector of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic system and it is located between the Eurasian plate in the north and the African-Arabian plates in the south. Global plate models (DeMets et al, 1990;DeMets et al, 1994) and recent space geodetic measurements (Smith et al, 1994;Reilinger et al, 1997a) indicate that in the surrounding region northward moving the African and the Arabian plates collide with the Eurasian plate. From this collision the Anatolian block moves westward with a rotation pole located approximately in the north of the Sinai peninsula.…”

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The Black Sea occurs within the Anatolian sector of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic system. In this region northward moving African and Arabian plates collide with Eurasian plate. From this collision the Anatolian block moves westward with a rotation pole located approximately north of Sinai peninsula. Tectonic styles and rates in the circum Black Sea and along the Crimea have been poorly known. A GPS project was initiated in 1995 with the collaboration between Istanbul Technical University, MIT and Joint Institute of Physics of the Earth (Moscow). To carry out the project, two GPS campaigns were performed. Data have been analysed by the well-known GPS processing program, GAMIT which is a comprehensive GPS analysis package, and GLOBK, a Kalman filter. This paper presents the important outputs from the two GPS campaigns and gives suggestions for the future investigations in the region. The important outcome of the project is that the N-S motions along mostly in the Eastern margin of the Black Sea are in a few mm/year, such as SINO, a southern coast site, with a rate of 1.4 ± 1.7 mm/year in NW direction, and GELE, a northern coast site, with a rate of 2.2 ± 2.8 mm/year in SE direction, while the velocities in the Anatolian region are approximately 10-20 ± 3-5 mm/year.

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“…To the south of the Caucasus, the collisional strain is manifested within the Turkish-Iranian Plateau, a 3-million square kilometer area with a typical elevation of 1.5 to 2 km (Allen et al, 2004). North of the Turkish-Iranian Plateau the total shortening rate across the Caucasus is estimated at 10 ± 2 mm/yr (Jackson, 1992;Reilinger et al, 1997).…”

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“…The fault mechanism solutions for the earthquakes indicate predominantly thrust events with NW-SE trending fault planes (McKenzie, 1972;Jackson and McKenzie, 1984;Jackson, 1992;Cisternas and Philip, 1997;Jackson et al, 2002). Recent GPS measurements provide valuable information regarding the active deformation of the Caucasus region (Reilinger et al, 1997;McClusky et al, 2000;Reilinger et al, 2006). Estimates of the overall N-S shortening across both the Greater and Lesser Caucasus are approximately 10 +/-2 mm/yr of which ~ 60% is accommodated by the greater Caucasus (Reilinger et al, 1997;McClusky et al, 2000).…”

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“…Recent GPS measurements provide valuable information regarding the active deformation of the Caucasus region (Reilinger et al, 1997;McClusky et al, 2000;Reilinger et al, 2006). Estimates of the overall N-S shortening across both the Greater and Lesser Caucasus are approximately 10 +/-2 mm/yr of which ~ 60% is accommodated by the greater Caucasus (Reilinger et al, 1997;McClusky et al, 2000). These studies indicate, however, that there is little internal shortening within the Greater Caucasus and that the present rate of shortening across the Caucasus cannot account for all the observed strain in the region.…”

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