Alkapeca

Alkapeca (Bouillin et al., 1986[1]), also called Mesomediterranean terrane (Guerra et al., 1993), is the name given to the terrane located 10 million years ago inside the Tethyan domain, between the Iberian plates and Europe to the north, Apulia to the east and Africa to the south.

Van Dijk & Scheepers (1995[2]) place it in parallel with Sardinia and Corsica, on the edge of the European continent, inside the "Trans Mediterranean Bridge".

The Alkapeca terrane was made up of present-day Kabylia, Sicily, and Sardinia. It probably acquired its individuality only from the Toarcian. Previously, the Alkapeca still had to be part of the margin of the Iberia plate. Today Sicily and Sardinia are islands while Kabylia is attached to the African continent on Algerian territory and Calabria is attached to the European continent on Italian territory.

Etymology

AlkaPeca is made up of Alboran, Kabylia, Peloritani, and Calabria.

References
  1. BOUILLIN, J.-P.; DURAND-DELGA, M.; OLIVIER, Ph. (1986), Betic-Rifian and Tyrrhenian Arcs : Distinctive Features, Genesis and Development Stages, Developments in Geotectonics, vol. 21, Elsevier, pp. 281–304, doi:10.1016/b978-0-444-42688-8.50017-5, ISBN 9780444426888, retrieved 2023-03-20
  2. van Dijk, J.P.; Scheepers, P.J.J. (1995). "Neotectonic rotations in the Calabrian Arc; implications for a Pliocene-Recent geodynamic scenario for the Central Mediterranean". Earth-Science Reviews. 39 (3–4): 207–246. Bibcode:1995ESRv...39..207V. doi:10.1016/0012-8252(95)00009-7. hdl:1874/19084. ISSN 0012-8252. S2CID 128811666.
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