The Geodynamic Position of Macedonia within the Active and Young Middle East Balkan Geotectonic System

对巴尔干半岛南部活跃和年轻变形的研究是特别有趣的，因为该地区包含爱琴海伸展域的最北端，并且与爱琴海伸展系统的大多数其余部分不同，该地区暴露在陆地上。它提供了沿希腊俯冲边界的同世俯冲带上盘伸展的一个例子。本项目将继续在该地区开展研究，并将地质、地球物理研究与空间大地测量相结合，确定该地区阿尔卑斯造山带的始新世至近代伸展构造演化。研究结果最终将为南巴尔干构造系统建立三维地球动力学模型，并进一步了解驱动这些系统的动力过程。

9903021 Burchfiel Study of active and young deformation in the southern Balkans is of particular interest because this region contains the northernmost extent of the Aegean extensional domain and is exposed on land unlike most of the remainder of the Aegean extensional system. It provides an example of extension in the hanging wall of a zone of coeval subduction along the Hellenic subduction boundary. This project continues research in this region and combines geologic and geophysical studies with space geodetic measurments to establish the Eocent to Recent extensional tectonic evolution of this sector of the Alpine orogeny. Results ultimately will lead to a three-dimensional geodynamic model for the southern Balkan tectonic system and additional insight into the dynamic process that drives these systems generally.