In the Corinth Gulf, seismicity is highest in the west, where the active Psathopyrgos-Neos Erineos-Aegion fault zone (PNEAFZ;30 km long, N dip) defines the south coast. To the south and SE the inactive early rift records N and NW migration of deformation since the Pliocene. When was the PNEAFZ initiated? How did it grow? What is the relevance of this fault zone within the full rift history? This paper presents new data for the onshore westernmost rift, indicating that it had a distinct early rifting history (Early to Middle Pleistocene) before being overprinted around 400 ka by the NW migrating Corinth rift.
Western closure of the Corinth Rift: Stratigraphy and structure of the Lakka fault block / N., Palyvos; M., Mancini; M., Ford; N., Mayer; Esu, Daniela; Girotti, Odoardo; B., Urban. - ELETTRONICO. - (2013). ( EGU General Assembly 2013 Wien April).
Western closure of the Corinth Rift: Stratigraphy and structure of the Lakka fault block.
ESU, Daniela;GIROTTI, Odoardo;
2013
Abstract
In the Corinth Gulf, seismicity is highest in the west, where the active Psathopyrgos-Neos Erineos-Aegion fault zone (PNEAFZ;30 km long, N dip) defines the south coast. To the south and SE the inactive early rift records N and NW migration of deformation since the Pliocene. When was the PNEAFZ initiated? How did it grow? What is the relevance of this fault zone within the full rift history? This paper presents new data for the onshore westernmost rift, indicating that it had a distinct early rifting history (Early to Middle Pleistocene) before being overprinted around 400 ka by the NW migrating Corinth rift.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
