LAFOSSE , Manfred

The geodynamic processes in the western Mediterranean are driven by both deep (mantle) processes such as slab-rollback or delamination, oblique plate convergence and inherited structures. The present-day deformation of the Alboran Sea and in particular the Nekor basin area is linked to these coeval effects. The seismically active Nekor basin is...

Le but de cette contribution est de documenter et comprendre à la foisla cinématique des déformations collisionelles à l'échelle des Alpes externesoccidentales et le rôle de la structure de la marge européenne danscette structuration orogénique.Dans un premier temps, nous présentons des données nouvelles, structurales,microstructurales et...

Two recent destructive earthquakes in 1994 and 2004 near Al Hoceima highlight that the northern Moroccan margin is one of the most seismically active regions of the Western Mediterranean area. Despite onshore geodetic, seismological and tectonic field studies, the onshore-offshore location and extent of the main active faults remain poorly...

We explored the submarine portions of the Enriquillo-Plantain-Garden Fault zone (EPGFZ) and the Septentrional-Oriente Fault zone (SOFZ) along the Northern Caribbean plate boundary using high-resolution multi-beam echo-sounding and shallow seismic reflection. The bathymetric data shed light on poorly documented or previously unknown submarine...