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The revision of Romanian earthquakes shows a distribution suggesting a sinking lithosphere under the Carpathian arc. Thermal and gravitational anomalies, as well as petrological and tectonic features, provide further evidence on the cause and character of intermediate earthquakes of Romania. This is consistent with the theory of plate tectonics in south-east Europe.
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ROMAN, C. Seismicity in Romania—Evidence for the Sinking Lithosphere. Nature 228, 1176–1178 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/2281176a0
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