Quaternary neotectonic configuration of the southwestern Peloponnese, Greece, based on luminescence ages of marine terraces

Autor:	Constantin Athanassas, I. Fountoulis
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Paleontology Tectonic uplift Pleistocene Thermoluminescence dating Upper crust General Earth and Planetary Sciences Marine terrace Geologic map Quaternary Geomorphology Geology Neotectonics
Zdroj:	Journal of Earth Science. 24:410-427
ISSN:	1867-111X 1674-487X
DOI:	10.1007/s12583-013-0334-1
Popis:	This project studies marine terraces in western Messenia, southwestern Peloponnese, Greece, to propose a model of neotectonic configuration and paleogeographic evolution of western Messenia during the Quaternary. GIS analysis of topographic data and geological mapping revealed flanks of raised terraces created on Quaternary marine deposits. Luminescence ages of sediments from the three westernmost marine terraces tend to be consistent OIS-5, OIS-7 and OIS-9, respectively, thus agreeing with the three latest warm stages of the Pleistocene. Moreover, the type and the extent of deformation of the dated marine terraces allowed us to reflect on the neotectonic configuration of western Messenia as well as to conclude that progressive differential uplift over the last 300 ka has induced a dome-like structure to the upper crust of western Messenia.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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