Paper 173 of 383
Published May 31, 2026
The Aegean region contains a dense concentration of geological systems, including active fault networks, extensional basins, volcanic arcs, crustal transitions, and major plate-boundary interactions.
This paper evaluates the Aegean region of Greece and western Türkiye as a potential geological convergence zone using measurable constraints including basin density, arc curvature, fault orientation, volcanic distribution, deformation gradients, and regional structural overlap.
The analysis builds upon previous studies of the Aegean entrance region, Hellenic Arc, Eastern Mediterranean structural corridor, and multi-constraint convergence framework.
The objective is not to assume that the Aegean represents an entrance point for a larger event, but to determine whether the region contains an unusual concentration of independent geological constraints.
Within ABC Sequencing, the Aegean is evaluated first as a convergence zone: a place where multiple measurable geological systems overlap and may justify continued comparison with downstream structural domains.
This paper returns to the proposed entrance region and evaluates the Aegean as a measurable convergence zone rather than as a conclusion-driven feature.