Conticelli, Sandro

Jolivet, Laurent

Meghraou, Mustapha

Wortel, Rinus

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The geology, the geophysics, and other components of the solid earth system have much to contribute to our understanding of the Mediterranean region, from the Tethys paleo-environment to the present-day plate tectonic boundary. Launching a special collection with new and revised research contributions on the Tethyan belt (Mediterranean to Middle East), addressing subduction and mantle convection, volcanism, and fluid circulation, structural geology and active tectonics, dynamic topography, and geomorphology is a challenge. Attempting to embrace all these topics may seem ambitious, but this effort embodies the spirit ofRenato Funiciello, the Mediterranean and Italian geologist who crossed the sea beforehand and spread the seeds of modern tectonics and geodynamics. This special section is dedicated to him.This collection encompasses a broad spectrum of topics including regional and structural geology, deep-seat-ed metamorphism and core complexes, active deformation, and tectonics, using diverse approaches, such as high-resolution topographic and GPS data, paleomagnetic and magnetic measurements, seismic tomog-raphy, isotopic dating, and analog/numerical modeling in either strike-slip extensional and contractional tectonic systems.The contributions in this collection come from all over the Mediterranean region: from northern Africa to southern Europe, and from the regions of Anatolia in the east to the Atlas of Morocco in the west. The section includes the segmentation of the Aegean geodynamics and core complexes and proceeds with mag-matic models (Brun & Sokoutis, ; Rabillard etal., ). The geodynamics of the eastern Tethyan belt 2018 2018is investigated through the Arabia-Eurasia collision from the Persian Mountains to the Central Taurides in Turkey (Darin etal., ; McPhee etal., ; Sadeghi-Bagherabadi etal., ). Modeling opposite sub2018 2018 2018 -duction polarity follows the paleotraces of plate tectonics with the Adria microplate and the origin of the Apenninic arc (Király etal., ; Peral etal.,2018 2018), along with the early Triassic volcanism in the Southern Alps (Bianchini etal., ), and continental mantle obduction (Gueydan etal., ) as a framework of2018 2019the western Tethyan belt.In the western Mediterranean, present-day geodynamics are addressed through GPS surveying and results from the western Alps (Rabin etal.,2018; Walpersdorf etal.,2018). The aeromagnetic investigation of the central Apennines shows the characteristics of the seismogenic zones (Minelli etal., ), followed by the 2018contribution of Cucci etal.( ) on the destructive M7.1 1915 Marsica earthquake near Rome.2018The neotectonic structures and evolution of the central Mediterranean are addressed through studies of the burial-exhumation cycles by 40Ar/39Ar dating (Porkoláb etal., ), Plio-Pleistocene contraction versus 2019extension (Storti etal., ), the three-dimensional structural architecture of Neogene low-angle normal 2018faults (Molli etal., ), and the late Miocene-early Pliocene evolution from K-Ar dating and transpres2018 -sive-collision in the Apennines and Calabrian Arc (Filice & Seeber, ). Late Miocene 2019; Viola etal.,2018extension (Booth-Rea etal., ) and active faulting with related stress distribution (Soumaya etal.,2018 2018) document the oblique convergence along the North African Atlas system.The issue of volcanism and tectonics is addressed by contributions dealing with fluids and volcanic gases from active volcanoes of Central Italy (i.e., Alban Hills, Carapezza etal.,2019) and the Aegean Volcanic Arc (i.e., at Santorini, Tarchini etal., ). The relationships between genesis of magmas and tectonic setting 2019of the Anatolia block are the topic of original papers dealing with crustal extension and the chemistry ofMEGHRAOUI ET AL.© 2021. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.Introduction to the Special Section in “Geodynamics, Crustal and Lithospheric Tectonics, and Active Deformation in the Mediterranean Regions” (A Tribute to Prof. Renato Funiciello)Mustapha Meghraou , Laurent Jolive , Rinus Wortel3, and Sandro Conticel1Institut Terre et Environnement de Strasbourg (ITES - UMR 7063), Strasbourg, France, 2UPMC, France, Paris, France, 3Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 4Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, ItalyKey Points:• New data and recent analysis of structural geology of the Mediterranean regions• Introduction to “Geodynamics, Crustal and Lithospheric Tectonics, and active deformation in the Mediterranean Regions”• A tribute to Prof. Renato FunicielloCorrespondence to:M. Meghraoui,m.meghraoui@unistra.frCitation:Meghraoui, M., Jolivet, L., Wortel, R., & Conticelli, S. (2021). Introduction to the special section in “Geodynamics, Crustal and Lithospheric Tectonics, and active deformation in the Mediterranean Regions” (A tribute to Prof. Renato Funiciello). Tectonics, 40, e2021TC006939. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021TC00693910.1029/2021TC006939INTRODUCTION TO A SPECIAL SECTION1 of 3Printed by [Utrecht University Library M&A E-collection - 145.107.144.224 - /doi/epdf/10.1029/2021TC006939] at [02/07/2021].Tectonicsmelt inclusions in alkaline rocks from Turkey (Asti etal., ; Nikogosian etal., ). Bianchini and co2019 2018 -authors discuss the tectonic setting and the genesis of some Triassic dyke swarm cropping out on the Alpine chain. A model that links the eruption rate at Etna volcano with the geodynamics is presented by Barreca etal.( ).2018As an addition and important input, the analysis of paleomagnetic data documents faulting processes and block rotations from the Moroccan and Algerian Atlas (Derder etal.,2019; Torres-López etal.,2018), through Sicily (Speranza etal., ), to the central Taurides (Koç etal., ).2018 2018ReferencesAsti, R., Faccenna, C., Rossetti, F., Malusà, M. G., Gliozzi, E., Faranda, C., etal. (2019). The Gediz supradetachment system (SW Turkey): Magmatism, tectonics, and sedimentation during crustal extension. Tectonics 38, , 1414–1440. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018TC005181Barreca, G., Branca, S., & Monaco, C. (2018). Three-dimensional modeling of Mount Etna volcano: Volume assessment, trend of eruption rates, and geodynamic significance. Tectonics 37, , 842–857. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017TC004851Bianchini, G., Natali, C., Shibata, T., & Yoshikawa, M. (2018). Basic dykes crosscutting the crystalline basement of Valsugana (Italy): New evidence of early Triassic volcanism in the Southern Alps. Tectonics 37, , 2080–2093. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017TC004950Booth-Rea, G., Gaidi, S., Melki, F., Marzougui, W., Azañón, J. M., Zargouni, F., etal. (2018). Late Miocene extensional collapse of northern Tunisia. Tectonics 37, , 1626–1647. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017TC004846Brun, J.-P., & Sokoutis, D. (2018). Core complex segmentation in North Aegean, a dynamic view. Tectonics 37, , 1797–1830. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017TC004939Carapezza, M. L., Barberi, F., Ranaldi, M., Tarchini, L., & Pagliuca, N. M. (2019). Faulting and gas discharge in the Rome area (Central Italy) and associated hazards. Tectonics 38, , 941–959. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018TC005247Cucci, L., Currenti, G., Palano, M., & Tertulliani, A. (2018). The dewatering of the Fucino Lake did not promote the M7.1 1915 Fucino earthquake: Insights from numerical simulations. Tectonics 37, , 2633–2646. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017TC004940Darin, M. H., Umhoefer, P. J., & Thomson, S. N. (2018). Rapid late Eocene exhumation of the Sivas basin (Central Anatolia) driven by initial Arabia-Eurasia collision. Tectonics 37, , 3805–3833. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017TC004954Derder, M. E. M., Djellit, H., Henry, B., Maouche, S., Amenna, M., Bestandji, R., etal. (2019). Strong neotectonic block rotations, related to the Africa-Eurasia convergence in northern Algeria: Paleomagnetic evidence from the Mitidja basin. Tectonics 38, , 4249–4266. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018TC005394Filice, F., & Seeber, L. (2019). The culmination of  an oblique time-transgressive arc continent collision: The Pollino Massif between Cal-abria and the Southern Apennines, Italy. Tectonics 38, , 3261–3280. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017TC004932Gueydan, F., Mazzotti, S., Tiberi, C., Cavin, R., & Villaseñor, A. (2019). Western Mediterranean subcontinental mantle emplacement by continental margin obduction. Tectonics 38, , 2142–2157. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018TC005058Király, Á., Faccenna, C., & Funiciello, F. (2018). Subduction zones interaction around the Adria microplate and the origin of the Apenninic arc. Tectonics 37, , 3941–3953. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018TC005211Koç, A., van Hinsbergen, D. J. J., & Langereis, C. G. (2018). Rotations of normal fault blocks quantify extension in the Central Tauride intramontane basins, SW Turkey. Tectonics 37, , 2307–2327. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018TC005112McPhee, P. J., van Hinsbergen, D. J. J., Maffione, M., & Altıner, D. (2018). Palinspastic reconstruction versus cross-section balancing: How complete is the central Taurides fold-thrust belt (Turkey)? Tectonics 37, , 4285–4310. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018TC005152Minelli, L., Speranza, F., Nicolosi, I., D'Ajello Caracciolo, F., Carluccio, R., Chiappini, S., etal. (2018). Aeromagnetic investigation of the central Apennine Seismogenic Zone (Italy): From basins to faults. Tectonics 37, , 1435–1453. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017TC004953Molli, G., Carlini, M., Vescovi, P., Artoni, A., Balsamo, F., Camurri, F., etal. (2018). Neogene 3-D structural architecture of the north-west Ap-ennines: The role of the low-angle normal faults and basement thrusts. Tectonics 37, , 2165–2196. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018TC005057Nikogosian, I. K., Bracco Gartner, A. J. J., van Bergen, M. J., Mason, P. R. D., & van Hinsbergen, D. J. J. (2018). Mantle sources of recent Ana-tolian intraplate magmatism: A regional plume or local tectonic origin? Tectonics, 37, 4535–4566. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018TC005219Peral, M., Király, Á., Zlotnik, S., Funiciello, F., Fernàndez, M., Faccenna, C., & Vergés, J. (2018). Opposite subduction polarity in adjacent plate segments. Tectonics 37, , 3285–3302. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017TC004896Porkoláb, K., Willingshofer, E., Sokoutis, D., Creton, I., Kostopoulos, D., & Wijbrans, J. (2019). Cretaceous-Paleogene tectonics of the Pel-agonian zone: Inferences from Skopelos island (Greece). Tectonics 38, , 1946–1973. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018TC005331Rabillard, A., Jolivet, L., Arbaret, L., Bessière, E., Laurent, V., Menant, A., etal. (2018). Synextensional granitoids and detachment sys-tems within Cycladic metamorphic core complexes (Aegean Sea, Greece): Toward a regional tectonomagmatic model. Tectonics 37, , 2328–2362. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017TC004697Rabin, M., Sue, C., Walpersdorf, A., Sakic, P., Albaric, J., & Fores, B. (2018). Present-day deformations of the Jura arc inferred by GPS sur-veying and earthquake focal mechanisms. Tectonics 37, , 3782–3804. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018TC005047Sadeghi-Bagherabadi, A., Margheriti, L., Aoudia, A., & Sobouti, F. (2018). Seismic anisotropy and its geodynamic implications in Iran, the easternmost part of the Tethyan Belt. Tectonics 37, , 4377–4395. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018TC005209Soumaya, A., Ben Ayed, N., Rajabi, M., Meghraoui, M., Delvaux, D., Kadri, A., etal. (2018). Active faulting geometry and stress pattern near complex strike-slip systems along the Maghreb region: Constraints on active convergence in the western Mediterranean. Tectonics 37, , 3148–3173. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018TC004983Speranza, F., Hernandez-Moreno, C., Avellone, G., Gasparo Morticelli, M., Agate, M., Sulli, A., & Di Stefano, E. (2018). Understanding paleomagnetic rotations in Sicily: Thrust versus strike-slip tectonics. Tectonics 37, , 1138–1158. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017TC004815Storti, F., Balsamo, F., Mozafari, M., Koopman, A., Swennen, R., & Taberner, C. (2018). Syn-contractional overprinting between extension and shortening along the Montagna dei Fiori fault during Plio-Pleistocene antiformal stacking at the central Apennines thrust wedge toe. Tectonics 37, , 3690–3720. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018TC005072Tarchini, L., Carapezza, M. L., Ranaldi, M., Sortino, F., Gattuso, A., & Acocella, V. (2019). Fluid geochemistry contribution to the interpre-tation of the 2011–2012 unrest of Santorini, Greece, in the frame of the dynamics of the Aegean Volcanic Arc. Tectonics 38, , 1033–1049. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018TC005377MEGHRAOUI ET AL.10.1029/2021TC0069392 of 3AcknowledgmentsThe authors are indebted to Claudio Faccenna, John Geissman, and Taylor Schildgen for their support of the publication of the special collection. The authors are also thankful to Francesca Funiciello for her assistance in improving a previous version of the introduction to the special collection.Printed by [Utrecht University Library M&A E-collection - 145.107.144.224 - /doi/epdf/10.1029/2021TC006939] at [02/07/2021].TectonicsTorres-López, S., Casas, A. M., Villalaín, J. J., Moussaid, B., Ruiz Martínez, V. C., & El-Ouardi, H. (2018). Evolution of the ridges of  Midelt-Er-rachidia section in the high Atlas revealed by paleomagnetic data. Tectonics 37, , 3018–3040. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017TC004936Viola, G., Torgersen, E., Mazzarini, F., Musumeci, G., van der Lelij, R., Schönenberger, J., & Garofalo, P. S. (2018). New constraints on the evolution of the inner Northern Apennines by K-Ar dating of Late Miocene-Early Pliocene compression on the Island of Elba, Italy. Tectonics 37, , 3229–3243. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018TC005182Walpersdorf, A., Pinget, L., Vernant, P., Sue, C., & Deprez, A., & the RENAG Team. (2018). Does long-term GPS in the Western Alps finally confirm earthquake mechanisms? Tectonics 37, , 3721–3737. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018TC005054MEGHRAOUI ET AL.10.1029/2021TC0069393 of 3Printed by [Utrecht University Library M&A E-collection - 145.107.144.224 - /doi/epdf/10.1029/2021TC006939] at [02/07/2021].

Introduction to the Special Section in “Geodynamics, Crustal and Lithospheric Tectonics, and Active Deformation in the Mediterranean Regions”: (A Tribute to Prof. Renato Funiciello)

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