Age and environmental evolution of the syn-rift fill of the southern coast of the gulf of Corinth (Akrata-Derveni region, Greece)

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 231-243

  Rohais, Sébastien ^a,b   Joannin, Sébastien ^c   Colin, Jean Paul ^d   Suc, Jean Pierre ^c   Guillocheau, François ^a   Eschard, Rémi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Corinth rift; Greece; Ostracod; Palynology; Pleistocene; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FAN DELTA; FILL; GEODYNAMICS; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; OSTRACOD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; RIFT ZONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; GULF OF CORINTH; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

OSTRACODA;

EID: 34447116444     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.178.3.231     Document Type: Article

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