Age Constraints and Paleoenvironmental Interpretation of a Borehole Sedimentary Sequence along the Eastern Part of the Corinth Isthmus, Greece

Abstract

ABSTRACT Pallikarakis, A.; Triantaphyllou, M.V.; Papanikolaou, I.; Dimiza, M.D.; Reicherter, K., and Migiros, G., 2018. Age constraints and paleoenvironmental interpretation of a borehole sedimentary sequence along the eastern part of the Corinth Isthmus, Greece. Borehole Bh-3, located at the eastern part of the Corinth Isthmus (Greece) in a highly active extensional tectonic environment, is studied in detail. The lithology of the 70-m-long borehole is described, and 55 samples extracted from the core are analyzed for their micropaleontological content. Quantitative analysis of foraminiferal fauna assemblages, along with magnetic susceptibility measurements, indicates alternations between different paleoenvironments ranging from upper shoreface and fluvial-terrestrial to lagoon and shallow marine. The borehole site regional paleodepth was estimated, ranging from a few meters to ∼40 m on the basis of foraminiferal assemblages within the borehole, and the vertical stacking of the facies was interpreted as t...