Late Cenozoic faulting in SW Bulgaria: Fault geometry, kinematics and driving stress regimes. Implications for late orogenic processes in the Hellenic hinterland.

Highlights: [•] Study of the hinterland part of the Balkan and Hellenic orogens. [•] New methodological approach to define heterogeneous fault-slip data by taking into account the similarities of their geometry and kinematics. [•] New tectonic scenario of the South Balkan Peninsula since the Oligocene. [•] A model using concepts like lateral extrusion, retreating and advancing plate boundaries, transpressional tectonics. [•] Study of the brittle deformation driven by late orogenic and post-orogenic processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]