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Ge 277- ‘Active tectonics of the Eastern Mediterranee’ – Regional active deformation from geodesy and seismicity – Regional tectonics in the context of Cenozoic plate kinematics – The North Anatolian Fault – The Marmara Sea – The Gulf of Corinth and active normal faults in the Aegean Sea – The Hellenic Subduction Zone – Deep structure from global and regional seismological studies.Forces driving deformation of the eastern Mediterranee

Review papers: – Le Pichon and Kreemer (2010) – Jolivet and Brun (2010)

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