Geomorphological, stratigraphic and geochronological evidence of fast Pleistocene coastal uplift in the westernmost part of the Corinth Gulf Rift (Greece)

Geological Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-104

  Palyvos, N ^a,b   Mancini, M ^a,g   Sorel, D ^c   Lemeille, F ^d   Pantosti, D ^a   Julia, R ^e   Triantaphyllou, M ^f   de Martini, P M ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^e INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^g CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coastal uplift; Corinth Gulf Reef; Deformation rate; Greece; Marine sequences; Marine terraces; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; UNCONFORMITY; UPLIFT;

GREECE; GULF OF CORINTH; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 73249123584     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1171     Document Type: Article

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