Tectono‐sedimentary evolution of the Plio‐Pleistocene Corinth rift, Greece

Robert L. Gawthorpe; Mike R. Leeder; Haralambos Kranis; Emmanuel Skourtsos; Julian E. Andrews; Gijs A. Henstra; Greg H. Mack; Martin Muravchik; Jenni A. Turner; Michael Stamatakis

doi:10.1111/bre.12260

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Tectono‐sedimentary evolution of the Plio‐Pleistocene Corinth rift, Greece

Robert L. Gawthorpe

Mike R. Leeder Haralambos Kranis

Emmanuel Skourtsos

Julian E. Andrews Gijs A. Henstra Greg H. Mack Martin Muravchik Jenni A. Turner Michael Stamatakis

Basin Research Vol. 30 No. 3 pp. 448-479 · Wiley

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Abstract

AbstractThe onshore central Corinth rift contains a syn‐rift succession >3 km thick deposited in 5–15 km‐wide tilt blocks, all now inactive, uplifted and deeply incised. This part of the rift records upward deepening from fluviatile to lake‐margin conditions and finally to sub‐lacustrine turbidite channel and lobe complexes, and deep‐water lacustrine conditions (Lake Corinth) were established over most of the rift by 3.6 Ma. This succession represents the first of two phases of rift development – Rift 1 from 5.0–3.6 to 2.2–1.8 Ma and Rift 2 from 2.2–1.8 Ma to present. Rift 1 developed as a 30 km‐wide zone of distributed normal faulting. The lake was fed by four major N‐ to NE‐flowing antecedent drainages along the southern rift flank. These sourced an axial fluvial system, Gilbert fan deltas and deep lacustrine turbidite channel and lobe complexes. The onset of Rift 2 and abandonment of Rift 1 involved a 30 km northward shift in the locus of rifting. In the west, giant Gilbert deltas built into a deepening lake depocentre in the hanging wall of the newly developing southern border fault system. Footwall and regional uplift progressively destroyed Lake Corinth in the central and eastern parts of the rift, producing a staircase of deltaic and, following drainage reversal, shallow marine terraces descending from >1000 m to present‐day sea level. The growth, linkage and death of normal faults during the two phases of rifting are interpreted to reflect self‐organization and strain localization along co‐linear border faults. In the west, interaction with the Patras rift occurred along the major Patras dextral strike‐slip fault. This led to enhanced migration of fault activity, uplift and incision of some early Rift 2 fan deltas, and opening of the Rion Straits at ca. 400–600 ka. The landscape and stratigraphic evolution of the rift was strongly influenced by regional palaeotopographic variations and local antecedent drainage, both inherited from the Hellenide fold and thrust belt.

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Published: Sep 07, 2017
Vol/Issue: 30(3)
Pages: 448-479
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Authors

R

Robert L. Gawthorpe

Basin and Reservoir Studies Group Department of Earth Science University of Bergen Bergen Norway

M

Mike R. Leeder

School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Norwich UK

H

Haralambos Kranis

Department of Geology and Geoenviroment National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Athens Greece

E

Emmanuel Skourtsos

Department of Geology and Geoenviroment National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Athens Greece

J

Julian E. Andrews

School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Norwich UK

G

Gijs A. Henstra

Basin and Reservoir Studies Group Department of Earth Science University of Bergen Bergen Norway

G

Greg H. Mack

Department of Geological Sciences New Mexico State University Las Cruces NM USA

M

Martin Muravchik

Basin and Reservoir Studies Group Department of Earth Science University of Bergen Bergen Norway

J

Jenni A. Turner

School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Norwich UK

M

Michael Stamatakis

Department of Geology and Geoenviroment National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Athens Greece

Funding

Norges Forskningsråd Award: Project number 255229/E30

Cite This Article

Robert L. Gawthorpe, Mike R. Leeder, Haralambos Kranis, et al. (2017). Tectono‐sedimentary evolution of the Plio‐Pleistocene Corinth rift, Greece. Basin Research, 30(3), 448-479. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12260

Tectono‐sedimentary evolution of the Plio‐Pleistocene Corinth rift, Greece

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