The recent paper by Dellong et al. does not report properly the literature on the Malta Escarpment and its tectonic activity. Moreover, the published set of data allows an alternative interpretation of one of their refraction profiles, which implies that only incipient subduction is present south of the Messina Strait, without need for well-developed lithospheric tear faults south of Mt. Etna.

Comment on "Geometry of the Deep Calabrian Subduction (Central Mediterranean Sea) From Wide-Angle Seismic Data and 3-D Gravity Modeling" by Dellong Et Al.

Argnani A
2020

Abstract

The recent paper by Dellong et al. does not report properly the literature on the Malta Escarpment and its tectonic activity. Moreover, the published set of data allows an alternative interpretation of one of their refraction profiles, which implies that only incipient subduction is present south of the Messina Strait, without need for well-developed lithospheric tear faults south of Mt. Etna.
2020
Istituto di Scienze Marine - ISMAR
Ionian Basin; Calabrian subduction; lithospheric tear faults; active tectonics; Malta Escarpment
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