title: Plate tectonics of the Mediterranean region.
abstract: The seismicity and fault plane solutions in the Mediterranean area show that two small rapidly moving plates exist in the Eastern Mediterranean, and such plates may be a common feature of contracting ocean basins. The results show that the concepts of plate tectonics apply to instantaneous motions across continental plate boundaries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geodesy and Geophysics, University of Cambridge, Madingley Rise, Cambridge.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: McKenzie