A variety of tectonic processes spread along the circum-Mediterranean orogenic belts driven by convergence major plates, episodes slab retreat and lateral vertical mantle flows. Here, we provide an updated view crustal stress strain-rate fields for Albanides belt in eastern Adria-Eurasia boundary. We framed a new geodetic-based source model 2019 Mw6.4 Durrёs earthquake light regional deformatio...

[1] Geoscientists use plate tectonics to explain many aspects of both continental evolution and evolution of the planet as a whole. The subduction of material at convergent plate boundaries forms a fundamental component to the theory of plate tectonics. Plates, continents, subduction zones, and spreading centers all exhibit motion and geometric evolution, so to try and resolve the past geometri...

The formation of plate tectonics from mantle convection necessarily requires nonlinear rheological behavior. Recent studies suggest that self-lubricating rheological mechanisms are most capable of generating plate-like motion out of fluid flows. The basic paradigm of self-lubrication is nominally derived from the feedback between viscous heating and Ž temperature-dependent viscosity. Here, we p...