The Gulf of Corinth, in southern Greece, separates the Peloponnese peninsula from the continental mainland. The structural geology of the region is complex, largely defined by the subduction of the African Plate below the Eurasian Plate (a little to the south). The Gulf itself is an active extensional marine basin, i.e., one that is pulling open and where sediments accumulate. Sedimentary basins r ...[Read More]
Imaggeo on Mondays: The road to nowhere – natural hazards in the Peloponnese
Find a new way . Credit: Romain Hemelsdael (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)