"Subduction Zones” Constrained by Travel time Tomography in the Aegean-Tyrrhenian Mantle of the Mediterranean Mobile Beltстатья
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Аннотация:Abstract — The paper addresses inclined sheet-like mantle bodies in the Aegean-Tyrrhenian sector of the Mediterranean mobile belt revealed by traveltime tomography methods and characterized by a higher acoustic rigidity. In some cases they are traceable to depths of 1200—1300 km. These bodies are usually regarded as the subducting part of the African lithospheric plate. The complex configuration of these “sheet” in both horizontal and
vertical sections (under the Aegean and Tyrrhenian basins) is inconsistent with such an interpretation. We propose the hypothesis according to which these “sheets” are viscous shear zones of the mantle that serve as deep fluid flow paths. Supposedly, these flows control the tectogenesis in the mobile belt sector under consideration due to their transport of a deep mineral material supplied into the lithosphere.