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Paleomagnetic results obtained from Neogene formations on both sides of the Aegean Sea yield of a complex pattern of block rotations in these regions. On the western side, in Evia and Skyros the observed clockwise rotations of various angles are interpreted within the framework of a previously proposed model of distributed deformation by faulting in a zone connecting the north-Anatolian trough to the outer arc. On the eastern side, significant clockwise, counterclockwise and null rotations of coherent blocks have been demonstrated in the island of Lesbos and in western Anatolia. These movements took place during the neotectonic extensional period and their mechanism is not yet fully understood.
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Kissel, C., Laj, C., Poisson, A., Simeakis, K. (1989). A Pattern of Block Rotations in Central Aegea. In: Kissel, C., Laj, C. (eds) Paleomagnetic Rotations and Continental Deformation. NATO ASI Series, vol 254. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0869-7_8
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