Newly discovered active fault building new Dalmatian Islands off Croatian coast

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Dubrovnik a walled city on the southern Adriatic Sea that is a UNESCO-designated World Heritage site. The Dalmatian Islands some of which are visible in the background represent a growing fold-and-thrust belt that is rising from the Adriatic Sea. Cre ...
Dubrovnik, a walled city on the southern Adriatic Sea that is a UNESCO-designated World Heritage site. The Dalmatian Islands, some of which are visible in the background, represent a growing fold-and-thrust belt that is rising from the Adriatic Sea. Credit: Richard A. Bennett

A newly identified fault that runs under the Adriatic Sea is actively building more of the famously beautiful Dalmatian Islands and Dinaride Mountains of Croatia, according to a new research report.


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