LATE QUATERNARY EVOLUTION OF AMVRAKIKOS GULF, WESTERN GREECE

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POULOS, SE [1 ]
LYKOUSIS, V [1 ]
COLLINS, MB [1 ]
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[1] NATL CTR MARINE RES,GR-16604 ATHENS,GREECE
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10.1007/BF01204492
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P [天文学、地球科学];
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07 ;
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Amvrakikos Gulf is a Neogene basin, formed during a late extensional tectonic phase within the Plio-Quaternary period. It is a semienclosed embayment, separated from the Ionian Sea by a shallow (< 10 m) channel. The analysis of 3.5-kHz seismic reflection profiles shows that, during the last (Wurm) glacial period, the parts of the Gulf that lie at water depths >41 m (below present sea level) were a paleo-lake while the rest were exposed to subaerial erosion. Subsequent offshore depositional sequences accumulated at rates of 1.2-2.3 m/ka.
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