Imaging the tectonic components under the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea with gravity (satellite) data

Year 2021, Volume: 166 Issue: 166, 189 - 194, 15.12.2021

Ceyhan Ertan Toker Emin U. Ulugergerli

https://doi.org/10.19111/bulletinofmre.975929

Abstract

Tectonic structures in the Black Sea and the Levantine Sea were mapped using satellite gravity data. The relationship between Antalya and Cyprus arcs is revealed by the deformation traces of the arc formation. The Cyprus arc which over the slice that disappears from the South of the Anaximander seamounts to the Northeast, can traceable at the western end of the Antalya Bay. The distinction of western and eastern basins in the Black Sea is also mapped. Due to the low spatial resolution, additional studies with higher resolution are required.

Keywords

Gravity, East Mediterranean, Cyprus Arc, Antalya Arc.

Supporting Institution

General Manager of Mineral Research and Exploration, and the employees of the institution.

Thanks

We thank Doç. Dr. Y. ERDOĞAN, General Manager of Mineral Research and Exploration, and the employees of the institution for providing the working conditions. We developed a computer program to calculate the depth at each gravity point using the depth transform. It can be obtained from the authors.

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