Project overview
The Corinth Rift is one of the most seismically active regions of Europe. It is actively extending and in the very first stages of the rifting process that ultimately generates new ocean basins. We are investigating evolution of the rift, its hazard potential and the interplay between tectonics, sedimentation, climate and sea level in an active rift using a variety of geological and geophysical techniques, including deep ocean drilling as part of the IODP program.
This project aims to use deep ocean drilling cores and logs integrated with seismic reflection data to:
a) Analyse fault slip activity and earthquake history of major rift faults;
b) Determine the history of rifting from developing syn-rift sediments and fault networks in the Gulf of Corinth;
c) To determine the sedimentary processes in an active young rift basin and how climate, sea level and sedimentation interact to change rift basin environments. The research in the Corinth Rift is generating the highest resolution information on the very first stage of the rifting process. We have shown how rapidly rift systems can change by resolving chronostratigraphy to millenial timescales.
This project aims to use deep ocean drilling cores and logs integrated with seismic reflection data to:
a) Analyse fault slip activity and earthquake history of major rift faults;
b) Determine the history of rifting from developing syn-rift sediments and fault networks in the Gulf of Corinth;
c) To determine the sedimentary processes in an active young rift basin and how climate, sea level and sedimentation interact to change rift basin environments. The research in the Corinth Rift is generating the highest resolution information on the very first stage of the rifting process. We have shown how rapidly rift systems can change by resolving chronostratigraphy to millenial timescales.
Staff
Lead researcher
Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups
Research outputs
Rob L. Gawthorpe,
Natacha Fabregas,
Sofia Pechlivanidou,
Mary Ford,
Richard E.Ll. Collier,
Gareth D.O. Carter,
Lisa C. McNeill,
& Donna J. Shillington
, 2022
, Basin Research
, 34 (5) , 1567--1600
DOI: 10.1111/bre.12671
Type: article
Stephen Watkins,
Alexander Whittaker,
Rebecca Bell,
Sam Brooke,
Vamsi Ganti,
Robert Gawthorpe,
& Casey Nixon
, 2020
, Basin Research
, 32 (6) , 1600--1625
DOI: 10.1111/bre.12444
Type: article
Donna J. Shillington,
Gareth D.O. Carter,
Jeremy D. Everest,
Robert L. Gawthorpe,
Clint Miller,
Marcie P. Phillips,
Richard E.Ll Collier,
Aleksandra Cvetkoska,
Gino De Gelder,
Paula Diz,
Mai Linh Doan,
Mary Ford,
Maria Geraga,
Jack Gillespie,
Romain Hemelsdaël,
Emilio Herrero-Bervera,
Mohammad Ismaiel,
Liliane Janikian,
Katerina Kouli,
Erwan Le Ber,
Shunli Li,
Marco Maffione,
Carol Mahoney,
Malka L. Machlus,
Georgios Michas,
Casey W. Nixon,
Sabire Asli Oflaz,
Abah P. Omale,
Kostas Panagiotopoulos,
Sofia Pechlivanidou,
Simone Sauer,
Joana Seguin,
Spyros Sergiou,
Natalia V. Zakharova,
& Sophie Green
, 2019
, Scientific Reports
, 9 (1) , 1--2
Type: letterEditorial
Donna J. Shillington,
Gareth D.O. Carter,
Jeremy D. Everest,
Robert L. Gawthorpe,
Clint Miller,
Marcie P. Phillips,
Richard E.Ll Collier,
Aleksandra Cvetkoska,
Gino De Gelder,
Paula Diz,
Mai Linh Doan,
Mary Ford,
Maria Geraga,
Jack Gillespie,
Romain Hemelsdaël,
Emilio Herrero-Bervera,
Mohammad Ismaiel,
Liliane Janikian,
Katerina Kouli,
Erwan Le Ber,
Shunli Li,
Marco Maffione,
Carol Mahoney,
Malka L. Machlus,
Georgios Michas,
Casey W. Nixon,
Sabire Asli Oflaz,
Abah P. Omale,
Kostas Panagiotopoulos,
Sofia Pechlivanidou,
Simone Sauer,
Joana Seguin,
Spyros Sergiou,
Natalia V. Zakharova,
& Sophie Green
, 2019
, Scientific Reports
, 9 (1)
Type: article