Cyprus Arc Explained

The Cyprus Arc is a part of the plate boundary zone that accommodates the motion of the African Plate relative to the Anatolian Plate. It is an arcuate depression located in the southern reaches of Cyprus. The Cyprus Arc is considered to be in collision between the African and Eurasian plates.^[1] The arc is linked into the Latakia Ridge to the west via the East Anatolian Fault (EAF).^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2003EAEJA.....2282M . The tectonics of Cyprus Arc: a model of complex continental collision . Mart, Y. . Ryan, W. . The Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System.
2. Hall . J. . Calon . T. J. . Aksu . A. E. . Meade . S. R. . 2005-10-20 . Structural evolution of the Latakia Ridge and Cyprus Basin at the front of the Cyprus Arc, Eastern Mediterranean Sea . Marine Geology . Miocene to Recent tectonic evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean . 221 . 1 . 261–297 . 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.03.007 . 0025-3227.