Tectonics of Part of the Vinodol Valley Within the Model of the Continental Crust Subduction

The Vinodol valley is analysed as an example of one of the united zones of shallow continental subduction. The structural analysis together with the interpretation of structural dynamics of the central part of the valley is performed in that sense. The structural model that accompanies the subduction process is constructed. These structures are found to be largely dependent on the subduction plane geometry

The Two Stages of Structural Formation of the Coastal Belt of the External Dinarides

Two successive stages of tectonism have been responsible for the formation of structures in the coastal part of the External Dinarides. As a result, Dinaride- and Hvar-striking structures formed, showing NW-SE and E-W strike orientation, respectively. Besides the great diversity in the geological and geophysical characteristics and intensive disruption, the coastal area represents a cohesive geotectonic unit, showing a uniform geodynamic evolution that is here confirmed by laboratory modelling

Shoreline Cross-bedded Biocalcarenites (Middle Miocene) in the Podvrsko-Snjegavic Area, Mt. Psunj, and their Petroleum Significance (Pozega Subdepression - Eastern Croatia)

The extensively distributed bioclastic sedimentary bodies in the Podvrsko-Snjegavic Area, Mt. Psunj (Pozega Subdepression, Eastern Croatia) are mostly composed of fragments of bryozoans, echinoids, lamellibranchs and corallinaceans. Apart from this, a relatively compositionally uniform, but granulometrically variable bioclastic detritus occurs, which also contains a smaller proportion (5-30%) of siliciclastic grains of medium to coarse sand, as well as sporadic pebbles up to 60 mm in diameter. These sediments are characterised by remarkably large-scale cross-bedding with erosional surfaces clearly delimiting the sets. They are interpreted as shallow-marine shoreface subaqueous dunes, sand bars and barriers formed on the nearshore - mainly shoreface area during the Late Badenian in a high-energy depositional cycle with strong synsedimentary tectonics. With regard to the petroleum-geological reservoir characteristics, the described Middle Miocene cross-bedded biocalcarenites are compared with numerous large oil and gas pools globally, and in other localities in Croatia on the margins of inselberg massifs between the Drava and Sava rivers and south of the Sava river

The Helicoidal Fault Systems of Vinodol (Croatia) and Their Genesis

The basic geological features of the helicoidal fault systems of the Vinodol area are outlined. Its genesis is explained by a model proposing collisional stress implied on previously formed en échelon folds. The importance of the fault system for structural and palaeogeographic reconstruction as well as its impact on hydrogeology are discussed. The model could be applied to the External Dinarides or to other similar systems

Updated physics performance of the ESSnuSB experiment

In this paper, we present the physics performance of the ESSnuSB experiment in the standard three flavor scenario using the updated neutrino flux calculated specifically for the ESSnuSB configuration and updated migration matrices for the far detector. Taking conservative systematic uncertainties corresponding to a normalization error of for signal and for background, we find that there is CP violation discovery sensitivity for the baseline option of 540 km (360 km) at . The corresponding fraction of for which CP violation can be discovered at more than is . Regarding CP precision measurements, the error associated with is around and with is around for the baseline option of 540 km (360 km). For hierarchy sensitivity, one can have sensitivity for 540 km baseline except and sensitivity for 360 km baseline for all values of . The octant of can be determined at for the values of: ( and ) for baseline of 540 km (360 km). Regarding measurement precision of the atmospheric mixing parameters, the allowed values at are: () and eV eV ( eV eV) for the baseline of 540 km (360 km)

The Helicoidal Fault Systems of Vinodol (Croatia) and Their Genesis

The basic geological features of the helicoidal fault systems of the Vinodol area are outlined. Its genesis is explained by a model proposing collisional stress implied on previously formed en échelon folds. The importance of the fault system for structural and palaeogeographic reconstruction as well as its impact on hydrogeology are discussed. The model could be applied to the External Dinarides or to other similar systems

BSHAP seismic source characterization models for the Western Balkan region

This manuscript presents the seismic source characterization models that were developed and used for the Western Balkan region in the framework of Harmonization of Seismic Hazard Maps in the Western Balkan Countries Project (BSHAP II) funded by NATO-Science for Peace and Security Program. Relevant knowledge about the geological and seismotectonic structure of Western Balkans and surrounding region was collected and utilized along with the BSHAP focal mechanism database and the BSHAP earthquake catalogue (Markusic et al. in Bull Earthq Eng 14(2): 321-343, 2016. doi: 10.1007/s10518015- 9833-z) to delineate seismic source models for different purposes. The super zone model of large zones bounds the regions with similar seismotectonic characteristics and catalogue completeness levels and was used for calculating the regional b-value of the magnitude recurrence relationship. Additionally, two models of smaller zones that represent the epistemic uncertainty in source geometry, maximum magnitude and style-of-faulting, were developed to be employed in the two-stage (circular and elliptical) smoothing procedure. Sets of sensitivity analyses are performed to support final estimates of some models' parameters affecting the smoothed seismicity rate. The seismic source models and the logic-tree presented here are to be implemented in the probabilistic seismic hazard assessment for the seismic hazard maps of the Western Balkan region