Drilling to resolve the evolution of the Corinth Rift: IODP ocean drilling within the Corinth Rift, Greece; Athens, Greece, 11–14 February 2014
Drilling to resolve the evolution of the Corinth Rift: IODP ocean drilling within the Corinth Rift, Greece; Athens, Greece, 11–14 February 2014
The initiation and evolution of continental rifting, ultimately leading to rifted margin and ocean basin formation, are major unanswered questions in solid Earth–plate tectonics. Many previous insights have come from mature rifted margins where activity has ceased or from computer models. The Gulf of Corinth Rift in central Greece presents an ideal laboratory for the study of young, highly active rifting that complements other rift zones (e.g., the East African and Gulf of California rifts). Exposure and preservation of syn-rift stratigraphy, high rates of extension, and an existing network of offshore seismic data offer a unique opportunity to constrain the rift history and basin development at exceptionally high resolution in the Gulf of Corinth.
continental rifting, ocean drilling, corinth rift, workshop
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McNeill, Lisa C.
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Sakellariou, Dimitris
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Nixon, Casey W.
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20 May 2014
McNeill, Lisa C.
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Sakellariou, Dimitris
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Nixon, Casey W.
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McNeill, Lisa C., Sakellariou, Dimitris and Nixon, Casey W.
(2014)
Drilling to resolve the evolution of the Corinth Rift: IODP ocean drilling within the Corinth Rift, Greece; Athens, Greece, 11–14 February 2014.
Eos Transactions American Geophysical Union, 95 (20), .
(doi:10.1002/2014EO200009).
Abstract
The initiation and evolution of continental rifting, ultimately leading to rifted margin and ocean basin formation, are major unanswered questions in solid Earth–plate tectonics. Many previous insights have come from mature rifted margins where activity has ceased or from computer models. The Gulf of Corinth Rift in central Greece presents an ideal laboratory for the study of young, highly active rifting that complements other rift zones (e.g., the East African and Gulf of California rifts). Exposure and preservation of syn-rift stratigraphy, high rates of extension, and an existing network of offshore seismic data offer a unique opportunity to constrain the rift history and basin development at exceptionally high resolution in the Gulf of Corinth.
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continental rifting, ocean drilling, corinth rift, workshop
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