Corinth Rift

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The Corinth Rift is an active continental rift zone in central Greece, known for its rapid extension, frequent earthquakes, and role in shaping the Gulf of Corinth region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Corinth Rift canonical 1
Corinth Rift region 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf active tectonic zone ⓘ
continental rift ⓘ
geological structure ⓘ
activityStatus active ⓘ
age Quaternary activity ⓘ
associatedWith Gulf of Corinth ⓘ
controls morphology of the Gulf of Corinth ⓘ
sedimentation in the Gulf of Corinth ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
deformationStyle brittle crustal deformation ⓘ
extendsBeneath Gulf of Corinth ⓘ
geologicalProcess continental rifting ⓘ
crustal extension ⓘ
hasFaultType north-dipping normal faults ⓘ
south-dipping normal faults ⓘ
hasProcess earthquake clustering ⓘ
fault segmentation ⓘ
subsidence of the rift basin ⓘ
uplift of rift shoulders ⓘ
hazardType ground shaking ⓘ
seismic hazard ⓘ
surface faulting ⓘ
influences coastal morphology of the Gulf of Corinth ⓘ
landscape evolution of central Greece ⓘ
isExampleOf active continental rift in the Mediterranean region ⓘ
isKeySiteFor studies of continental breakup processes ⓘ
studies of earthquake mechanics ⓘ
knownFor dense geodetic monitoring ⓘ
high strain rates ⓘ
rapid extension rates ⓘ
locatedIn Aegean region ⓘ
central Greece ⓘ
monitoredBy GPS networks ⓘ
seismological networks ⓘ
movementType normal faulting ⓘ
partOf Hellenic plate boundary zone ⓘ
region Gulf of Corinth region ⓘ
linked to: Gulf of Corinth
relatedTo Hellenic subduction zone ⓘ
subduction of the African Plate beneath the Eurasian Plate ⓘ
seismicity frequent earthquakes ⓘ
shapes Gulf of Corinth ⓘ
studiedIn geodesy ⓘ
neotectonics ⓘ
seismology ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonicSetting back-arc extension ⓘ
extensional ⓘ
youngerThan Alpine orogeny structures in Greece ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Selinountas River → geologicalSetting → Corinth Rift region ⓘ
linked to: Corinth Rift