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Pliocene–Pleistocene fluvial/wave-dominated deltaic sedimentation: the Pamisos delta, southwest Peloponnesus, Greece

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Abraham Zelilidis  and
Nikolaos Kontopoulos
Abraham Zelilidis
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Patras University, 26110 Patras, Greece
Nikolaos Kontopoulos
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Patras University, 26110 Patras, Greece
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Abstract

A fluvial /wave-dominated delta was formed during late Pliocene times in southwestPeloponnesus, influenced by NNW—SSE and ENE—WSW trending faults. The depositional patternremained unchanged through early Pleistocene times, when the pre-existing active faults with WNW—ESE extension were combined with an eastward asymmetrical subsidence of the graben. Inthe deltaic environment, marshes, lakes and lagoons were created in the western parts, whereas largequantities of sediments were deposited in the central and eastern parts adjacent to basin marginsof steeper relief.

This study combines grain size parameters, total organic matter, carbonate and clay mineralogyand structural analysis to: (a) determine the pattern of sedimentation in sub-environments and (b)create a fluvial/wave-type deltaic depositional model, and distinguish between delta-plain, delta-front and pro-delta environments. The Pliocene-Pleistocene, fluvial/wave-dominated delta model inthis study can be used to predict deltaic sedimentation in analogous basins.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 131 , Issue 5 , September 1994 , pp. 653 - 668
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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