GeoEQ | Geodynamic Analysis of Intermediate-Depth Earthquakes
Investigation of the Hindu Kush (Afghanistan), Vrancea (Carpathians, Romania) and Cyprus (Southeastern Türkiye) subduction zones by using 3D thermomechanical models.
We investigate the upper mantle forces that may correspond to slab deformation mechanisms and seismotectonic stress sources in the Alpine-Himalayan Orogenic belt (Hindu Kush, Vrancea, and Antalya-Cyprus subduction zones). In general, we aim to decipher deformation patterns of sinking, stretching, possible tearing of lithospheric plates, mantle dynamics, and different rheological features of subcrustal structures that might control intermediate-depth earthquakes and active tectonics at different scales in the study areas.
Publications
Şengül Uluocak, E., Pysklywec, R. N., Sembroni, A., Brune, S., Faccenna, C. (2024): The Role of Upper Mantle Forces in Post‐Subduction Tectonics: Plumelet and Active Rifting in the East Anatolian Plateau. - Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems (G3), 25, 9, e2024GC011639. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GC011639
Andersen, A. J., Göğüş, O. H., Pysklywec, R. N., Şengül Uluocak, E., Santimano, T. (2024): Multistage lithospheric drips control active basin formation within an uplifting orogenic plateau. - Nature Communications, 15, 7899. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52126-7