TY - GEN A1 - Geissman, John A1 - Jolivet, Laurent A1 - Niemi, Nathan A1 - Schildgen, Taylor F. T1 - Thank you to our 2017 Peer Reviewers T2 - Tectonics N2 - An essential, respected, and critical aspect of the modern practice of science and scientific publishing is peer review. The process of peer review facilitates best practices in scientific conduct and communication, ensuring that manuscripts published as accurate, valuable, and clearly communicated. The over 152 papers published in Tectonics in 2017 benefit from the time, effort, and expertise of our reviewers who have provided thoughtfully considered advice on each manuscript. This role is critical to advancing our understanding of the evolution of the continents and their margins, as these reviews lead to even clearer and higher-quality papers. In 2017, the over 423 papers submitted to Tectonics were the beneficiaries of more than 786 reviews provided by 562 members of the tectonics community and related disciplines. To everyone who has volunteered their time and intellect to peer reviewing, thank you for helping Tectonics and all other AGU Publications provide the best science possible. Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1029/2018TC005194 SN - 0278-7407 SN - 1944-9194 VL - 37 IS - 8 SP - 2272 EP - 2277 PB - American Geophysical Union CY - Washington ER - TY - GEN A1 - Geissman, John A1 - Jolivet, Laurent A1 - Rusmore, Margi A1 - Niemi, Nathan A1 - Schildgen, Taylor F. T1 - Thank you to our 2018 peer reviewers T2 - Tectonics N2 - An essential, respected, and critical aspect of the modern practice of science and scientific publishing is peer review. The process of peer review facilitates best practices in scientific conduct and communication, ensuring that manuscripts published are as accurate, valuable, and clearly communicated. The over 216 papers published in Tectonics in 2018 benefit from the time, effort, and expertise of our reviewers who have provided thoughtfully considered advice on each manuscript. This role is critical to advancing our understanding of the evolution of the continents and their margins, as these reviews lead to even clearer and higher-quality papers. In 2018, the over 443 papers submitted to Tectonics were the beneficiaries of more than 1,010 reviews provided by 668 members of the tectonics community and related disciplines. To everyone who has volunteered their time and intellect to peer reviewing, thank you for helping Tectonics and all other AGU Publications provide the best science possible. Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1029/2019TC005595 SN - 0278-7407 SN - 1944-9194 VL - 38 IS - 4 SP - 1159 EP - 1163 PB - Hoboken CY - Wiley ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jolivet, Laurent A1 - Faccenna, Claudio A1 - Huet, Benjamin A1 - Labrousse, Loic A1 - Le Pourhiet, Laetitia A1 - Lacombe, Olivier A1 - Lecomte, Emmanuel A1 - Burov, Evguenii A1 - Denele, Yoann A1 - Brun, Jean-Pierre A1 - Philippon, Melody A1 - Paul, Anne A1 - Salaue, Gwenaelle A1 - Karabulut, Hayrullah A1 - Piromallo, Claudia A1 - Monie, Patrick A1 - Gueydan, Frederic A1 - Okay, Aral I. A1 - Oberhänsli, Roland A1 - Pourteau, Amaury A1 - Augier, Romain A1 - Gadenne, Leslie A1 - Driussi, Olivier T1 - Aegean tectonics strain localisation, slab tearing and trench retreat JF - Tectonophysics : international journal of geotectonics and the geology and physics of the interior of the earth N2 - We review the geodynamic evolution of the Aegean-Anatolia region and discuss strain localisation there over geological times. From Late Eocene to Present, crustal deformation in the Aegean backarc has localised progressively during slab retreat. Extension started with the formation of the Rhodope Metamorphic Core Complex (Eocene) and migrated to the Cyclades and the northern Menderes Massif (Oligocene and Miocene), accommodated by crustal-scale detachments and a first series of core complexes (MCCs). Extension then localised in Western Turkey, the Corinth Rift and the external Hellenic arc after Messinian times, while the North Anatolian Fault penetrated the Aegean Sea. Through time the direction and style of extension have not changed significantly except in terms of localisation. The contributions of progressive slab retreat and tearing, basal drag, extrusion tectonics and tectonic inheritance are discussed and we favour a model (I) where slab retreat is the main driving engine, (2) successive slab tearing episodes are the main causes of this stepwise strain localisation and (3) the inherited heterogeneity of the crust is a major factor for localising detachments. The continental crust has an inherited strong heterogeneity and crustal-scale contacts such as major thrust planes act as weak zones or as zones of contrast of resistance and viscosity that can localise later deformation. The dynamics of slabs at depth and the asthenospheric flow due to slab retreat also have influence strain localisation in the upper plate. Successive slab ruptures from the Middle Miocene to the late Miocene have isolated a narrow strip of lithosphere, still attached to the African lithosphere below Crete. The formation of the North Anatolian Fault is partly a consequence of this evolution. The extrusion of Anatolia and the Aegean extension are partly driven from below (asthenospheric flow) and from above (extrusion of a lid of rigid crust). KW - Backarc extension KW - Slab retreat KW - Asthenospheric flow KW - Strain localisation KW - Aegean Sea KW - Metamorphic core complex Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2012.06.011 SN - 0040-1951 VL - 597 SP - 1 EP - 33 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER -