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Aegean-style extensional deformation in the contractional southern Dinarides: incipient normal fault scarps in Montenegro
Peter Biermanns
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Neotectonics and Natural Hazards, RWTH Aachen University,
52064 Aachen, Germany
Benjamin Schmitz
Institute of Geosciences, University of Jena, 07749 Jena, Germany
Silke Mechernich
Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, 50937
Köln, Germany
Christopher Weismüller
Institute of Neotectonics and Natural Hazards, RWTH Aachen University,
52064 Aachen, Germany
Kujtim Onuzi
Institute of Geosciences, Energy, Water and Environment, Polytechnic
University of Tirana, 1016 Tirana, Albania
Kamil Ustaszewski
Institute of Geosciences, University of Jena, 07749 Jena, Germany
Klaus Reicherter
Institute of Neotectonics and Natural Hazards, RWTH Aachen University,
52064 Aachen, Germany
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Short summary
We introduce two up to 7 km long normal fault scarps near the city of Bar (Montenegro). The fact that these widely visible seismogenic structures have never been described before is even less surprising than the circumstance that they apparently do not fit the tectonic setting that they are located in. By quantifying the age and movement of the newly discovered fault scarps and by partly re-interpreting local tectonics, we introduce approaches to explain how this is still compatible.
We introduce two up to 7 km long normal fault scarps near the city of Bar (Montenegro). The fact...
