The transverse tectonic faults and their role in tectonic evaluation of the Ionian Zone

Contrasting Styles of Salt‐Tectonic Processes in the Ionian Zone (Greece and Albania): Integrating Surface Geology, Subsurface Data, and Experimental Models

“…The orogenic front of the IZ consists of a thrust system with various salients and reentrants, and some oblique structures that are locally known as the Vlora-Dibër (or Vlora-Elbasan; VDL), Corfu-Picari (CPL), and Kefallinia-Lefkas-Lixourion (or Cephalonia fault; KLL) lineaments (from north to south) (Bega & Soto, 2017;Kokinou et al, 2005Kokinou et al, , 2006Mehillka & Canaj, 1996;Picha, 2002;van Hinsbergen et al, 2006). Beneath this front, and sometimes backthrusted toward the east over the IZ, detached elements of the Upper Triassic-to-Eocene Apulian carbonate platform are found, forming what is known locally as the Pre-Apulian or Sazani-Paxi zones (Aliaj, 1987;Aubouin et al, 1962;Del Ben et al, 2015;Papa & Kondo, 1968;Prifti & Uţă, 2012;Underhill, 1988Underhill, , 1989.…”

“…Deformation in the frontal domain of the AH FTB extends to the present day, as evidenced by paleomagnetic rotations measured in Pliocene-to-Recent sediments, GPS-derived kinematic vectors (Figure 2), and the seismic activity linked to some of the frontal thrusts (in the vicinity of the coastal region from Albania to Greece; e.g., Caporali et al (2020) (2021)) and to the strike-slip faults affecting the orogenic front (Figure 2). The two main seismically active strikeslip faults in this region are the Kefallinia-Lefkas-Lixourion dextral transpressional fault zone in Greece (Bonatis et al, 2021;Kokinou et al, 2005Kokinou et al, , 2006van Hinsbergen et al, 2005) and in Albania, the dextral strike-slip fault zones associated with the Vlora-Diber fault and the Shkodra-Tropoja (or Shkodra-Peje) Lineament and its offshore continuation with the Lezha (or Lezhe) fault (Aliaj, 1999(Aliaj, , 2021Aliaj et al, 2004;Caporali et al, 2020;Mehillka & Canaj, 1996).…”

“…(2021)) and to the strike‐slip faults affecting the orogenic front (Figure 2). The two main seismically active strike‐slip faults in this region are the Kefallinia–Lefkas–Lixourion dextral transpressional fault zone in Greece (Bonatis et al., 2021; Kokinou et al., 2005, 2006; van Hinsbergen et al., 2005) and in Albania, the dextral strike‐slip fault zones associated with the Vlora–Diber fault and the Shkodra–Tropoja (or Shkodra–Peje) Lineament and its offshore continuation with the Lezha (or Lezhe) fault (Aliaj, 1999, 2021; Aliaj et al., 2004; Caporali et al., 2020; Mehillka & Canaj, 1996).…”

Contrasting Styles of Salt-Tectonic Processes in the Ionian Zone (NW Greece and S Albania)

“…The orogenic front of the IZ consists of a thrust system with various salients and reentrants, and some oblique structures that are locally known as the Vlora-Dibër (or Vlora-Elbasan; VDL), Corfu-Picari (CPL), and Kefallinia-Lefkas-Lixourion (or Cephalonia fault; KLL) lineaments (from north to south) (Bega & Soto, 2017;Kokinou et al, 2005;Kokinou et al, 2006;Mehillka & Canaj, 1996;Picha, 2002;van Hinsbergen et al, 2006). Beneath this front, detached elements of the Mesozoic Apulian carbonate platform are found, forming what is known locally as the Pre-Apulian or Sazani-Paxi zones (Aliaj, 1987;Aubouin et al, 1962;Papa & Kondo, 1968;Prifti & Uţă, 2012;Underhill, 1988Underhill, , 1989.…”

The 26 November 2019 Durrës earthquake, Albania: coseismic displacements and occurrence of slow slip events in the year following the earthquake

“…Outer Albanides is a thick-skinned fold-and-thrust belt (Dalipi 1985; Bare et al 1996;Frashëri et al 2009Frashëri et al , 1996Papa & Kondo 1968;Nishani 1985;Valbona & Misha 1987;Dhima et al 1996;Guri & Guri 1996;Mëhillka et al 1996Mëhillka et al , 1999Seitaj et al 1996;Velaj 1999;Xhufi & Canaj 1999;Aliaj et al 2010Aliaj et al , 2012. It involves a sedimentary series above a detachment level formed by Triassic evaporites (Velaj 2001).…”