Tectonic geomorphology of the easternmost extension of the Gulf of Corinth (Beotia, Central Greece)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 453, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 211-232

  Tsodoulos, Ioannis M ^a   Koukouvelas, Ioannis K ^a   Pavlides, Spyros ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Active normal faults; Beotia; Beotia in Gulf of Corinth; Fault segmentation; Geomorphic parameters; Greece; Range front geomorphology

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE BASIN; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT ZONE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MAPPING; NORMAL FAULT; RIFT ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

BOEOTIA; CENTRAL GREECE; EUBOEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; GULF OF CORINTH; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 44649110290     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.06.015     Document Type: Article

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