The Hellenic arc or Aegean arc is an arcuate mountain chain of the southern Aegean Sea located on the southern margin of the Aegean Sea plate. Geologically...

The Hellenic Trench (HT) is an oceanic trough located in the forearc of the Hellenic arc, an arcuate archipelago on the southern margin of the Aegean Sea...

effect of back-arc extension Hellenic arc, the arc of islands positioned over the Hellenic Trench in the Aegean Sea off Greece Back-arc basin, a subsided...

majority of geoscientists regarded the Hellenic trenches as features within the forearc region of the Hellenic arc, created by some combination of extension...

direction. The Hellenic Subduction carries the leading edge of the African Plate under the Aegean Sea Plate at the Hellenic Trench. It follows an arc around the...

Island arcs are long chains of active volcanoes with intense seismic activity found along convergent tectonic plate boundaries. Most island arcs originate...

archaeological remains becoming well preserved under the volcanic ash. Hellenic arc Hellenic subduction zone Minoan eruption Santorini Mountrakis 2005, p. 1...

earthquakes per century, owing to its location on the seismically unstable Hellenic arc. Pausanias mentions in the Descriptio Graeciae, writing ca. 174, how...

and at Alexandria. It badly damaged the Lighthouse of Alexandria. The Hellenic arc, the most likely location for this earthquake, is an arcuate tectonic...

in the Hellenic orogeny, becoming different modern zones of rock. Subsequent to the compressional regime back-arc extension of the Hellenic arc, the outer...

Greece. The term Hellenic is the endogenous synonym for Greek. The Hellenic Army is the largest of the three branches of the Hellenic Armed Forces, also...

October 29, 2018 Papazachos, B.C. (1996), "Large seismic faults in the Hellenic Arc" (PDF), Annali di Geofisica, 39 (5): 891–903 Stiros, S. C; Pirazzoli...

thinned continental crust. The subduction compels the formation of the Hellenic arc, which includes Santorini and other volcanic centres, such as Methana...

what are generally considered to be subduction zones along the Hellenic and Cyprus arcs. The northern edge is a transform boundary with the Eurasian plate...

Island arcs must be offshore, but they do not necessarily have to be volcanic (e.g. the non-volcanic Hellenic arc). Oceanic arcs are volcanic arcs built...

Greece. The Kythira–Antikythira Strait is situated within the Western Hellenic arc. It measures approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) in length and is situated...

Peloponnesian War. Sparta was located on what is currently called the Hellenic arc which is predisposed to large seismic activity due to the convergence...

the island. The Kythirian Straits are nearby. Kythira is close to the Hellenic arc plate boundary zone, and thus highly prone to earthquakes. Many earthquakes...

California, United States Strike-slip Active 1868 Hayward (M6.3–6.7) Hellenic Arc 1000 East Mediterranean Sea Thrust/Strike-slip 365 AD (M8.5+); 1303 AD...

Aegean is the location of the volcanic arc and is characterised by extension. To the east of Crete along the Hellenic Arc, strike-slip tectonics with some extension...

the Eastern Mediterranean: strong earthquakes and tsunamis in the East Hellenic Arc and Trench system" (PDF). Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences....

Volcanic Arc to the south and the continuation of the North Anatolian Fault to the north. The extension is a result of the bulging out of the Hellenic arc due...

thrusting, extension and strike slip. It sits in what is known as the Hellenic arc, which is in an area that is highly vulnerable to seismic activity, and...

Crete belongs, the Hellenic arc, the curved southern border of the Aegean Sea from the Peloponnesos to Rhodes. To the south, the Hellenic Trench, as much...

eastern Mediterranean Sea: Strong earthquakes and tsunamis in the west Hellenic Arc and Trench system" (PDF). Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami. Archived...

tectonics in the Aegean Sea caused by the southward migration of the Hellenic arc. The easternmost part of Turkey lies on the western end of the Zagros...

uplifting the Hellenic arc on the north side of the Hellenic Trench, and the subsequent rotational back-arc extension pushing the arc southward and rotating...

Dikti Mountains in the east (2,148 m). Geologically Crete is part of the Hellenic arc, created by the collision of the African and Eurasian tectonic plates...

to Syria. 300 fatalities were reported from Candia (Heraklion). The Hellenic arc is an arcuate tectonic feature related to the subduction of the African...

Transform Fault, which also produced earthquakes in 2003 and 1973. The Hellenic arc is known for its frequent seismological activity and generating historically...