Late Palaeozoic-Cenozoic tectonic development of Greece and Albania in the context of alternative reconstructions of Tethys in the Eastern Mediterranean region

摘要

The objective of this article is to use the geology and tectonics of a critical part of the Tethyan orogen, represented by Greece and Albania, to shed light on the tectonic development of Tethys on a regional to global scale. A review of existing Tethyan reconstructions reveals little consensus concerning key aspects, such as the timing and direction of subduction, arc magma-tism, ophiolite genesis, and continental collision. The regional to local-scale geology of individual regions, therefore, has to be considered in detail to test existing models and to develop a viable tectonic reconstruction.