THE CORFU THRUST (GREECE)

Authors
DOUTSOS T FRYDAS D
Citation
T. Doutsos et D. Frydas, THE CORFU THRUST (GREECE), Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Mecanique, physique, chimie, astronomie, 318(5), 1994, pp. 659-666
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Mecanique, physique, chimie, astronomie → ACNP
ISSN journal
12518069
Volume
318
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Part
2
Pages
659 - 666
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8069(1994)318:5<659:TCT(>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The Corfu thrust serves as an example to study the time of motion alon g the strike of a large fault, by means of calcareous nannofossils. It is a 40 km long thrust, whose segments show an episodic partial motio n during Plio-Quaternary time. Only the southern segment of this thrus t is today active producing a cluster of shallow seismic epicentres as well as folded terraces. The area to the north of the thrust belongs to the Apulian plate and it is characterized by synsedimentary listric faulting whose activity has been decreasing gradually from the Miocen e to the Present.