Abstract:<p>During the Neogene, the Aegean domain underwent intense deformation, leading to a thinning by a factor of two or more of the Alpine orogenic prism. Today, tectonic velocity gradients are still among the fastest in Europe due to the Anatolian extrusion induced by the Arabian indentation and by the Hellenic slab retreat. The present-day deformation essentially localizes in the subduction backstop. With respect to the central Aegean, which is almost stable today, this still-thick buttress has rem… Show more
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