Sedimentation of submarine fan deposits in the Pindos foreland basin, from late Eocene to early Oligocene, west Peloponnesus peninsula, SW Greece

Geological Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 335-362

  Konstantopoulos, Panagiotis A ^a   Zelilidis, Avraam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Foreland basin; Greece; Palaeocurrents; Peloponnesus; Submarine fans; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; BASIN FILL; CONGLOMERATE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EOCENE; FORELAND BASIN; MARINE SEDIMENT; MUDSTONE; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCURRENT; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTATION; SUBMARINE FAN; TURBIDITE;

GREECE; PELOPONNESE;

EID: 84879793651     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.2450     Document Type: Article

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