Sedimentological response to neotectonics and sea-level change in a delta-fed, complex graben: Gulf of Amvrakikos, western Greece

Marine Geology

Volumn 236, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 27-44

  Anastasakis, George ^a   Piper, David J W ^b   Tziavos, Christos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

borehole; delta; faulting; gas; Greece; neotectonics; Quaternary; sediment supply; seismic reflection

Indexed keywords

DELTA; FAULTING; GREECE; NEOTECTONICS; QUATERNARY; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

BOREHOLES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

GRABEN; HOLOCENE; NEOTECTONICS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANSFORM FAULT;

AMVRAKIKOS GULF; ARACHTHOS RIVER; EPIRUS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; HELLENIDES; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845316886     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.09.014     Document Type: Article

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