@article{fdi:010058942,
  title = {{P}resent-day kinematics of the {M}editerranean : a comprehensive overview of {GPS} results},
  author = {{N}ocquet, {J}ean-{M}athieu},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I} combine recently published {GPS} results to derive a geodetic horizontal velocity field consistent at the scale of the {M}editerranean and the surrounding {A}lpine belts. {T}he velocity field is then used to discuss the boundary conditions around each major deforming area in the {M}editerranean, to describe the main patterns of motion and deformation, to critically review the existing kinematics models and to finally point out the main unresolved kinematics questions. {S}train rate in {E}urope north of the {A}lpines belt is dominated by the signature of the {G}lacial {I}sostatic {A}djustment and tectonic strain remains below the current accuracy of {GPS} results. {I}n the western {M}editerranean, deformation is restricted to the {B}etics, the {A}lboran and the {M}orrocan {R}if, with west-to-southwestward motion with respect to {I}beria, which is part of stable {E}urope. {S}hortening, consistent with the relative {N}ubia/{E}urasia plate motion, is found throughout the {M}aghrebides, but the distribution of deformation in northern {A}frica remains largely unknown. {T}he central {M}editerranean is dominated by the counter-clockwise rotation of the {A}driatic. {T}he junction between the southern {A}driatic domain and {N}ubia has yet to be firmly established. {T}he deformation over a wide area, east of the {M}aghrebides, in {T}unisia and the gulf of {S}irte in {L}ibya still remains to be quantified. {I}n the eastern {M}editerranean, the velocity field is dominated by a general anti-clockwise rotation and a general trend towards the {H}ellenic trench, with velocity magnitude increasing with decreasing distances from the trench. {T}his trend is observed not only in the {A}egean and {A}natolia, but also in the southern {B}alkans. {G}eodetic results emphasize that the convergence of the {N}ubia and {A}rabia plates towards {E}urasia directly controls the deformation across only very few segments along the plate boundary zone. {A}dditional processes are therefore required to explain the observed velocity field and deformation pattern.},
  keywords = {{G}eodesy ; {GPS} ; {M}editerranean ; {E}urope ; {P}late kinematics ; {T}ectonics ; {EUROPE} ; {ZONE} {MEDITERRANEENNE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{T}ectonophysics},
  volume = {579},
  numero = {{SI}},
  pages = {220--242},
  ISSN = {0040-1951},
  year = {2012},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.tecto.2012.03.037},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010058942},
}