Continental collision, gravity spreading, and kinematics of Aegea and Anatolia

International audienceWe have carried out experiments using a layered medium of sand and silicone to investigate the lateral extrusion of a material which spreads over its own weight while being compressed by the advance of a rigid indenter. Boundary conditions in the box mimic those prevailing in the Anatolian-Aegean system. Both shortening in front of the rigid piston, which models the northward motion of Arabia, and extension resulting from the gravity spreading of the sand-silicone layer are necessary to initiate the lateral extrusion. Strike-slip faults accommodate the lateral escape and link the normal faults accompanying gravity spreading with the thrust faults in front of the rigid indenter. Strike-slip faults begin to accommodate extrusion at a late stage in the experiments after the normal and thrust faults have developed. Experiments also show that the initial geometry of the boundary of the spreading layer may result in the formation of two arcs behind which material extends, in a manner analogous to the Hellenic and Cypriot arcs, without invoking a rheological change at the junction of the two arcs. The experiments also suggest that southward motion of the eastern part of the spreading region is compensated by the northward advance of the piston, which is a possible explanation for the slower movement of the Cypriot arc compared to the Aegean arc

Observation of the spread of slow deformation in Greece following the breakup of the slab

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History, trauma and remembering in Kivu Ruhorahoza’s Grey Matter (2011)

In 1994, the genocide in Rwanda claimed at least 800,000 lives in just 100 days. More than 20 years on, the memory and trauma of the atrocities still permeate the Rwandan society. This article explores how some of these different manifestations of trauma (individual and collective, actual and inherited, real and imagined, that of survivors and perpetrators), and especially their relationship to the genocide as a historical event, shape the internationally recognized Rwandan feature film, Kivu Ruhorahoza’s Grey Matter (2011). Drawing on the scholarship on trauma, the article examines Grey Matter’s uniqueness within feature films on the topic and its ambition to tackle the impossibility of memory and objectivity vis-à-vis varied experiences of the genocide. It traces the connection between trauma and Grey Matter’s structure, which refuses to offer events a firm chronological placement, both within and beyond the narrative

M. Holleaux, Στρατηγὸς ὔπατος : Étude sur la traduction en grec du titre consulaire, 1918

Hatzfeld Jean. M. Holleaux, Στρατηγὸς ὔπατος : Étude sur la traduction en grec du titre consulaire, 1918. In: Revue des Études Anciennes. Tome 25, 1923, n°3. pp. 285-286

Platon, Œuvres complètes, t. IV, Ire partie, Phédon, texte établi et traduit par Léon Robin (collection Budé), 1926

Hatzfeld Jean. Platon, Œuvres complètes, t. IV, Ire partie, Phédon, texte établi et traduit par Léon Robin (collection Budé), 1926. In: Revue des Études Anciennes. Tome 28, 1926, n°4. pp. 376-378