Localization of quaternary slip rates in an active rift in 105 years: An example from central Greece constrained by 234U- 230Th coral dates from uplifted paleoshorelines

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Roberts, G P ^a   Houghton, S L ^a   Underwood, C ^a   Papanikolaou, I ^a   Cowie, P A ^b   Van Calsteren, P ^c   Wigley, T ^a   Cooper, F J ^d,e   McArthur, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIOEUSTACY; NORMAL FAULT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; RIFT ZONE; SLIP RATE; UPLIFT;

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

ANTHOZOA; CLADOCORA CAESPITOSA;

EID: 72049091999     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005818     Document Type: Article

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