2017
DOI: 10.1111/sed.12381
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Interaction of an antecedent fluvial system with early normal fault growth: Implications for syn‐rift stratigraphy, western Corinth rift (Greece)

Abstract: Continental ‘overfilled’ conditions during rift initiation are conventionally explained as due to low creation of accommodation compared with sediment supply. Alternatively, sediment supply can be relatively high from the onset of rifting due to an antecedent drainage system. The alluvial Lower Group of the western Plio–Pleistocene Corinth rift is used to investigate the interaction of fluvial sedimentation with early rifting. This rift was obliquely superimposed on the Hellenide mountain belt from which it in… Show more

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“…() and Hemelsdaël et al . (); central rift – this study and Leeder et al . (); Corinth basin based on Collier & Dart () and Megara basin after Bentham et al .…”
Section: Tectono‐sedimentary Evolution Of the Corinth Riftsupporting
confidence: 69%
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“…() and Hemelsdaël et al . (); central rift – this study and Leeder et al . (); Corinth basin based on Collier & Dart () and Megara basin after Bentham et al .…”
Section: Tectono‐sedimentary Evolution Of the Corinth Riftsupporting
confidence: 69%
“…We deduce that the depositional environment was broadly continental and fluviatile, similar to that of early syn‐rift deposits further west in the Corinth rift such as the Lithopetra and Ladopotamous formations (Rohais et al ., 2007a; Ford et al ., ; Hemelsdaël et al ., ). The well‐rounded nature of the sedimentary clasts indicates a considerable transport distance, and clast types suggest an ultimate source dominated by Pindos limestone and flysch, probably also with recycling of older fluviatile clasts.…”
Section: Stratigraphy and Sedimentologymentioning
confidence: 97%
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“…Rapid Quaternary coastal uplift suggests fast localization of extension in relation with this fault system (Roberts et al, ), which probably has larger uplift at the rift center (e.g., Dufaure, ; Pirazzoli et al, ). Footwall uplift rates of ~1 mm/year for the last ~330 kyr notably exceed regional uplift rates of ~0‐0.3 mm/year (e.g., Armijo et al, ; McNeill & Collier, ; Turner et al, ) and set, atop inherited relief (e.g., Ghisetti & Vezzani, ; Hemelsdaël et al, ; Ori, ), the modern rift asymmetry. Given the above, the southern, uplifting margin of the Corinth Rift is an exceptional site to constrain the geometry of flexure (Figures and ).…”
Section: Corinth Rift: Early Continental Rifting Natural Laboratorymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Corinth rifting began at ~5 Ma with three main phases identified by integration of onshore depositional records and offshore seismic stratigraphy (Figure F2) (e.g., Higgs, 1988;Armijo et al, 1996;Sachpazi et al, 2003;Ford et al, 2007;Bell et al, 2009;Taylor et al, 2011;Nixon et al, 2016;Gawthorpe et al, 2017). Initial Pliocene basinal deposition (from onshore preserved sediments) was continental, varying from alluvial fans in the west to lakes in the east ("Lower Group") (Ford et al, , 2013Rohais et al, 2007;Hemelsdaël et al, 2017). Increased subsidence rates, depocenter deepening, and fault linkage followed, with large marginal fan deltas (locally >800 m thick) now uplifted and exposed onshore ("Middle Group"; Backert et al, 2010).…”
Section: Rift Evolution and Stratigraphymentioning
confidence: 99%