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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-447-2019
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Research article
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03 Apr 2019
Research article |
| 03 Apr 2019
| 03 Apr 2019
Ionian Abyssal Plain: a window into the Tethys oceanic lithosphere
Dynamics of the Ocean Floor, GEOMAR, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean
Research Kiel, 24148 Kiel, Germany
Heidrun Kopp
Dynamics of the Ocean Floor, GEOMAR, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean
Research Kiel, 24148 Kiel, Germany
Department of Geosciences, Kiel University, 24118 Kiel, Germany
Frauke Klingelhoefer
Géosciences Marines, Ifremer, Centre de Brest, Plouzané,
29280, France
Dirk Klaeschen
Dynamics of the Ocean Floor, GEOMAR, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean
Research Kiel, 24148 Kiel, Germany
Marc-André Gutscher
Laboratoire Géosciences Océan, IUEM, Université Brest,
CNRS, Plouzané, 29280, France
Anne Krabbenhoeft
Dynamics of the Ocean Floor, GEOMAR, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean
Research Kiel, 24148 Kiel, Germany
David Dellong
Géosciences Marines, Ifremer, Centre de Brest, Plouzané,
29280, France
Laboratoire Géosciences Océan, IUEM, Université Brest,
CNRS, Plouzané, 29280, France
Marzia Rovere
Institute of Marine Sciences – National Research Council, ISMAR-CNR,
Bologna, 40129, Italy
David Graindorge
Laboratoire Géosciences Océan, IUEM, Université Brest,
CNRS, Plouzané, 29280, France
Cord Papenberg
Dynamics of the Ocean Floor, GEOMAR, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean
Research Kiel, 24148 Kiel, Germany
Ingo Klaucke
Dynamics of the Ocean Floor, GEOMAR, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean
Research Kiel, 24148 Kiel, Germany
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Short summary
The nature of the Ionian Sea crust has been the subject of scientific debate for more than 30 years. Seismic data, recorded on ocean bottom instruments, have been analysed and support the interpretation of the Ionian Abyssal Plain as a remnant of the Tethys oceanic lithosphere with the Malta Escarpment as a transform margin and a Tethys opening in the NNW–SSE direction.
The nature of the Ionian Sea crust has been the subject of scientific debate for more than 30...
