Tectono-sedimentary evolution of the western Corinth rift (Central Greece)

Basin Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-25

  Ford, Mary ^a,b   Rohais, Sebastian ^c   Williams, Edward A ^b   Bourlange, Sylvain ^a,b   Jousselin, David ^a,b   Backert, Nicolas ^a,d   Malartre, Fabrice ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; EXTENSION; FAN DELTA; HANGING WALL; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARINE SEDIMENT; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; RHEOLOGY; RIFTING; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; UNCONFORMITY; UPLIFT;

CORINTH [PELOPONNISOS]; GREECE; PELOPONNISOS;

EID: 84873080888     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2012.00550.x     Document Type: Article

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