Listric faulting, sedimentation, and morphological evolution of the Quaternary eastern Corinth rift, Greece: First stages of continental rifting

Doutsos, Theodor; Piper, David J. W.

doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1990)102<0812:lfsame>2.3.co;2

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“…While Doutsos and Piper (1990) make the oldest rift fill Middle to Late Pliocene in age, Rohais et al (2007b) and put the initial stages of rifting in a time period encompassing the Upper Pliocene and the Lower Pleistocene and date the first rift deepening event from between 1.8 and 1.5 Ma. Recently, Leeder et al (2012) dated their so-called "Great Deepening event" from 3.2 to 3 Ma in the east-central rift sector.…”

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Patterns of Quaternary uplift of the Corinth rift southern border (N Peloponnese, Greece) revealed by fluvial landscape morphometry

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The Rift of Corinth is a world-class example of young active rifting and, as such, is an ideal natural laboratory of continental extension. However, though much investigated for two decades, several aspects of the mechanisms at work are still poorly understood. The aim of this paper is a detailed morphometric study of the fluvial landscape response to the tectonic uplift of the rift southern shoulder in order to reconstruct the rift's Quaternary evolution, with special attention to timing, location, and intensity of uplift episodes. Based on the use of a large set of catchment and long profile metrics complemented by the new R/S R integrative approach of the regional drainage network, we identified three distinct episodes of uplift of the northern Peloponnese coastal tract, of which the intermediate one, dated around 0.35-0.4 Ma, is only recorded in the topography of the central part of the rift shoulder, and the youngest one appears to have propagated from east to west over the last 10-20 ka. While net uplift remained minimum in the eastern part of the study area during the whole Quaternary, it shows a clear maximum in the central part of the rift shoulder since 0.4 Ma and an eastward shift of this maximum in recent times. Maximum uplift rates calculated from the morphometric data are of > 1.05 and 2-5 mm year -1 for, the mid-Middle Pleistocene and Holocene uplift episodes, respectively. The morphometric evidence reveals an onshore uplift history remarkably consistent with the rift evolution reconstructed from other data sets. In the long term, it shows a stable pattern of maximum activity in the central part of the rift, confirming previous conclusions about the absence of rift propagation. In the short term, it sheds light on a possible E-W migration of the zone of recent uplift, suggesting that in the near future fault activity and seismic hazard might concentrate in the Heliki-Aegion area, at the western tip of this uplift wave.

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Patterns of Quaternary uplift of the Corinth rift southern border (N Peloponnese, Greece) revealed by fluvial landscape morphometry

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“…Synthetic and antithetic faults form intrabasinal highs, while the tectonic activity migrates to the north. The uplift rate in the central part of the Corinth basin is 1,5mm/year (Doutsos & Piper, 1990), which contributes to the intense relief of the adjacent regions. The approximate rate of erosion of the area between the river valley and the adjoining regions about the complex flow systems fluctuates from 0,8 to 1,2mm/year (Zelilidis, 2000).…”

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“…The Rethis River changed to a reverse drainage during Middle Pleistocene (Doutsos & Piper, 1990) and Agiorgitikos was the misfit element. Later, during Late Pleistocene Agiorgitikos River changed again to a reverse drainage system.…”

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“…According to Poulimenos et al, (1989), Doutsos & Piper (1990) and Poulimenos (1993), WNW -trend listric faults are the major faults that influence the basin evolution, forming asymmetric grabens. Due to the (synthetic or counter) major faults that deep northwards, several tilted blocks dipping southwards were formed XLIII, No 2 -549 and a wedge -shaped terrigenous clastic sequence accumulated during tilting.…”

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The Olvios, Rethis and Inachos Drainage System Evolution and Human Activities Influnce of Their Future Evolution

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“…Πλειστόκαινο μέχρι σήμερα, με τη διαμόρφωση των ρηξιτεμαχών σταδιακά, μέχρι τις περιοχές του Παλαιοκορινθιακού, όπου σε αυτή την περιοχή, ενεργά ρήγματα εντοπίζονται κοντά στις ακτές του Κορινθιακού κόλπου. Οι φάσεις αυτές σχετίζονται με τις δυο φάσεις της διαμόρφωσης και απόθεσης ιζημάτων στο νότιο περιθώριο του Κορινθιακού κόλπου (Ori, 1989, Doutsos & Piper, 1990. Η εξέλιξη στη περιοχή της παραλιακής λεκάνης (Παλαιοκορινθιακός) με βάση την ανάπτυξη και τα πάχη των μεταλπικών αποθέσεων, αλλά και την εξέλιξη των ρηγμάτων, δείχνει να έγινε από τα Α προς τα Δ (Πουλημένος, 1991, Flotte, 2003 και από Ν προς Β (Goldsworty & Jackson 2001, Flotte 2003.…”

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Neotektonikh Δομη Και Εξελιξη Της Περιοχης Του Φυλλου Αιγιο (Β. Πελοποννησος)

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2004

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ΠΕΡΙΛΗΨΗΜετά από γεωλογική χαρτογράφηση του φύλλου ΑΙΓΙΟ, παρουσιάζεται η νεοτεκτονική εικόνα και η εξέλιξη της περιοχής αυτής, όπως προέκυψε από τα στρωματογραφικά στοιχεία των μεταλπικών ιζημάτων και τα κινηματικά στοιχεία των ρηγμάτων. Διαπιστώθηκαν δομές τεκτονικών κεράτων και βυθισμάτων, που διαμορφώνονται από κανονικά ρήγματα ΔΒΔ -ΑΝΑ διεύθυνσης, μεγάλης κλίμακας. Νεώτερα πλαγιοκανονικά ρήγματα ΔΒΔ -ΑΝΑ, ΒΔ -ΝΑ και Β, ΒΑ -Ν, ΝΑ διεύθυνσης δημιουργούν μεγάλα και μικρά ρηξιτεμάχη, και προκαλούν στροφές αυτών σε Ν, ΝΑ και Α κατεύθυνση. Διαμορφώνονται δομές rollover σε όλη τη περιοχή του φύλλου. Η περιοχή εξελίσσεται από Ν προς Β. Η νεοτεκτονική δομή φαίνεται να έχει διαμορφωθεί σε δύο φάσεις. Η πρώτη από το Αν. Μειόκαινο μέχρι το Κατ. Πλειστόκαινο, και η δεύτερη από το Κατ. Πλειστόκαινο μέχρι σήμερα.

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Listric faulting, sedimentation, and morphological evolution of the Quaternary eastern Corinth rift, Greece: First stages of continental rifting

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Patterns of Quaternary uplift of the Corinth rift southern border (N Peloponnese, Greece) revealed by fluvial landscape morphometry

Patterns of Quaternary uplift of the Corinth rift southern border (N Peloponnese, Greece) revealed by fluvial landscape morphometry

The Olvios, Rethis and Inachos Drainage System Evolution and Human Activities Influnce of Their Future Evolution

Neotektonikh Δομη Και Εξελιξη Της Περιοχης Του Φυλλου Αιγιο (Β. Πελοποννησος)

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