The diffuse convergent boundary between the Eurasian and African plates in the western Mediterran... more The diffuse convergent boundary between the Eurasian and African plates in the western Mediterranean is associated with a seismicity zone more than 300 km wide. Although the two plates are converging NW-SE, the Betic and Rif Cordilleras contain extensional structures that have been active since the Miocene. The extensional tectonics in the region, which occurred simultaneously with the uplift of
The diffuse convergent boundary between the Eurasian and African plates in the western Mediterran... more The diffuse convergent boundary between the Eurasian and African plates in the western Mediterranean is associated with a seismicity zone more than 300 km wide. Although the two plates are converging NW-SE, the Betic and Rif Cordilleras contain extensional structures that have been active since the Miocene. The extensional tectonics in the region, which occurred simultaneously with the uplift of
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