North-south transfer zones and paleo-morphological reconstruction of the Xylokastro area (Corinth Gulf, Greece)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 440, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 121-139

  Place, Joachim ^a   Géraud, Yves ^a   Diraison, Marc ^a   Warr, Laurence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

Clay minerals; Corinth Gulf; Fault network; Geological analogue; Slope deposits; Tilted blocks; Transfer zone

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; FAN DELTA; FAULTING; NORMAL FAULT; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TRANSFER ZONE;

GULF OF CORINTH; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 34447517202     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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