Recent Macaronesian kinematics from GNSS ground displacement analysis
Macaronesia is a complex oceanic region spanning three tectonic plates in the northeast Atlantic ocean. It is composed of four archipelagos, widely distributed and limited to the east by the Iberian Peninsula and north-western coast of Africa. This study aims to clarify recent Macaronesian kinematic...
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ftczechacademysc:oai:kramerius.lib.cas.cz:uuid:1e41def7-8eb9-4000-bfe0-7461aa5b4c22 2024-03-17T08:59:24+00:00 Recent Macaronesian kinematics from GNSS ground displacement analysis Barbero, Ignacio Torrecillas, Cristina Páez, Raúl Prates, Gonçalo Berrocoso , Manuel 15-35 média svazek https://kramerius.lib.cas.cz/view/uuid:1e41def7-8eb9-4000-bfe0-7461aa5b4c22 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11200-020-1122-x unknown https://kramerius.lib.cas.cz/view/uuid:1e41def7-8eb9-4000-bfe0-7461aa5b4c22 doi:10.1007/s11200-020-1122-x policy:private continuous GNSS time series Canary Islands cluster analysis strain rate analysis isostatic adjustment model:article ftczechacademysc https://doi.org/10.1007/s11200-020-1122-x 2024-02-19T23:01:13Z Macaronesia is a complex oceanic region spanning three tectonic plates in the northeast Atlantic ocean. It is composed of four archipelagos, widely distributed and limited to the east by the Iberian Peninsula and north-western coast of Africa. This study aims to clarify recent Macaronesian kinematics from 19 GNSS stations located on the four archipelagos and the Iberian and African coastlines. The analysis is based on nearly 15 years of common data acquisition and aimed to detect new effects of intraplate tectonics or similar local/regional events consistent with calculated ground displacements. Evaluating the GNSS stations residual velocities relative to those expected from the NNR-MORVEL56 model, higher residuals were found at continental coastal stations (Africa) than at oceanic ones (Canaries and Madeira). From the computed strain rate map, the possible existence of a shear zone connecting the Gloria and Transmoroccan fault systems, already mentioned by other authors, was depicted. Cluster statistical analysis of the horizontal residual velocities helped to identify tectonic boundaries in Macaronesia and four groups of analogous intraplate residual velocities within this region. Three of four groups were identified in the Azores, highlighting the African-Nubian-Eurasian diffuse plate boundary in this region. Furthermore, in the Canary Islands, two distinct kinematic behaviours were detected, possibly due to the activity along a previously detected tectonic fault between Tenerife and Gran Canaria, where some stations have similar intraplate residuals to those at Madeira and Cape Verde stations, while others have similar intraplate residuals to those of continental stations. Finally, all stations on oceanic crust, except Cape Verde, present recent ground subsidence which may be attributed to isostatic adjustment. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northeast Atlantic Czech Academy of Sciences: dKNAV Nubian ENVELOPE(166.417,166.417,-78.250,-78.250) Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica 65 1 15 35 |
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Macaronesia is a complex oceanic region spanning three tectonic plates in the northeast Atlantic ocean. It is composed of four archipelagos, widely distributed and limited to the east by the Iberian Peninsula and north-western coast of Africa. This study aims to clarify recent Macaronesian kinematics from 19 GNSS stations located on the four archipelagos and the Iberian and African coastlines. The analysis is based on nearly 15 years of common data acquisition and aimed to detect new effects of intraplate tectonics or similar local/regional events consistent with calculated ground displacements. Evaluating the GNSS stations residual velocities relative to those expected from the NNR-MORVEL56 model, higher residuals were found at continental coastal stations (Africa) than at oceanic ones (Canaries and Madeira). From the computed strain rate map, the possible existence of a shear zone connecting the Gloria and Transmoroccan fault systems, already mentioned by other authors, was depicted. Cluster statistical analysis of the horizontal residual velocities helped to identify tectonic boundaries in Macaronesia and four groups of analogous intraplate residual velocities within this region. Three of four groups were identified in the Azores, highlighting the African-Nubian-Eurasian diffuse plate boundary in this region. Furthermore, in the Canary Islands, two distinct kinematic behaviours were detected, possibly due to the activity along a previously detected tectonic fault between Tenerife and Gran Canaria, where some stations have similar intraplate residuals to those at Madeira and Cape Verde stations, while others have similar intraplate residuals to those of continental stations. Finally, all stations on oceanic crust, except Cape Verde, present recent ground subsidence which may be attributed to isostatic adjustment. |
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Barbero, Ignacio Torrecillas, Cristina Páez, Raúl Prates, Gonçalo Berrocoso , Manuel |
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Barbero, Ignacio Torrecillas, Cristina Páez, Raúl Prates, Gonçalo Berrocoso , Manuel |
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Recent Macaronesian kinematics from GNSS ground displacement analysis |
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Recent Macaronesian kinematics from GNSS ground displacement analysis |
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Recent Macaronesian kinematics from GNSS ground displacement analysis |
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Recent Macaronesian kinematics from GNSS ground displacement analysis |
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Recent Macaronesian kinematics from GNSS ground displacement analysis |
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recent macaronesian kinematics from gnss ground displacement analysis |
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