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dc.contributor.advisorLeigh H. Royden.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHosa, Aleksandra Men_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.en_US
dc.coverage.spatiale-gr---en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-05-25T20:57:03Z
dc.date.available2010-05-25T20:57:03Z
dc.date.copyright2009en_US
dc.date.issued2009en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/55169
dc.descriptionThesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 2009.en_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of thesis.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 35-36).en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Aegean region has undergone several episodes of extensional deformation from early Miocene to present time. Among the structures that accommodate extension are faults that bound and cut sediments within young fault-controlled sedimentary basins. The objective of this study is to add to constraints on the history of within the upper plate of the Hellenic subduction zone. In particular, this study is aimed at mapping and, eventually, dating sediments and related normal faults in the Limni-Istiea basin of northern Evia. Field mapping in the southern portion of this basin reveals eight sedimentary units and suggests several periods during which steep relief was formed within and adjacent to the basin, interspersed with periods of deposition in fluvial and shallow lacustrine environment. The three sets of faults identified in the mapped area are consistent with the orientation of structures observed at the western end of the North Aegean trough system and within the Central Hellenic shear zone. The oldest faults are low-angle, north-south trending and east-dipping; younger structures are high angle, west-east or southwest-northeast trending and generally south-dipping; the youngest faults are high-angle, northwest-southeast trending and dipping to the southwest. The paleomagnetic analyses results show clockwise rotation of the Limni- Istiea basin by 18° during or after the last stages of extension within the basin.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Aleksandra M. Hosa.en_US
dc.format.extent75 p.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsM.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectEarth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.en_US
dc.titleLate Cenozoic extension in Limni Basin in northern Evia, Greeceen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeS.M.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
dc.identifier.oclc608081398en_US


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