Major tectonic structures in northeastern Greece deduced from geophysical and seismological data

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Published: Jan 1, 2007
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/bgsg.16880
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Potential fields depth-to-source lineaments analysis seismotectonics
A. Stampolidis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Geology, Department of Geophysics
G. Tsokas
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Geology, Department of Geophysics
A. Kiratzi
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Geology, Department of Geophysics
S. Pavlides
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Geology, Department of Geology
Abstract

We apply lineaments analysis on the gravity and magnetic data of NE Greece, and combine seismological and geophysical data in order to delineate the major structural features. These methods are frequently used for extracting the dimensional and physical parameters of the buried structures that stimulate gravity and magnetic fields. These estimates concern the location, local depth, strike, dip and physical quantity contrast, of potential field contacts. We used results from previous studies in order to correct the Bouguer data for the gravity effect of the crust. The isostatic residual gravity anomalies, produced from the subtraction of the effect of the crust, are related to near-surface features. Noise suppression was achieved by slightly upward continuing the data by one cell size. Geologic significance of detected lineaments is confirmed by comparisons with the known geology, active tectonics and seismicity as well as with topographic lineaments

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