Evolution and petroleum potential of Western Greece

V Karakitsios, N Rigakis - Journal of Petroleum Geology, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reviews previous data on the geological evolution of Western Greece, with
special emphasis on the petroleum potential of the Pre‐Apulian zone (including new data) …

A review on the driving mechanism of the Tyrrhenian–Apennines system: Implications for the present seismotectonic setting in the Central-Northern Apennines

E Mantovani, D Babbucci, C Tamburelli, M Viti - Tectonophysics, 2009 - Elsevier
The formation of the Tyrrhenian–Apennines system has been characterized by a complex
distribution of major tectonic events, such as opening of basins, migration and distortion of …

Western Greece and Ionian Sea petroleum systems

V Karakitsios - AAPG bulletin, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract In western Greece, the Ionian and pre-Apulian zones represent, respectively, the
basin and the transitional zone (slope) to the Apulian platform. The Apulian platform …

Deep seismic reflection data from offshore western Greece: a new crustal model for the Ionian Sea

E Kokinou, E Kamberis, A Vafidis… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Contractional structures recognised in a recent SW‐NE oriented seismic profile offshore
western Greece, between the islands of Zakynthos and Kefallinia (Cephalonia), indicate that …

Sedimentary facies analysis, reservoir characteristics and paleogeography significance of the early jurassic to eocene carbonates in epirus (Ionian Zone, Western …

G Kontakiotis, L Moforis, V Karakitsios… - Journal of Marine …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Sedimentological, micropalaeontological, and marine geological results from the Early
Jurassic to Eocene carbonate formations of the Ionian zone, from six localities of Epirus …

Preliminary results based on geochemical sedimentary constraints on the hydrocarbon potential and depositional environment of a Messinian sub-salt mixed …

G Kontakiotis, V Karakitsios, JJ Cornée… - Mediterranean …, 2020 - Springer
This study details new geochemical analysis from an outcrop in Crete to improve
understanding of the hydrocarbon potential of the southern margin of the Hellenic Arc along …

An overview of the petroleum systems in the Ionian Zone, onshore NW Greece and Albania

A Zelilidis, AG Maravelis, P Tserolas… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The Ionian and Gavrovo Zones in the external Hellenide fold‐and‐thrust belt of western
Greece are a southern extension of the proven Albanian oil and gas province. Two …

The Mw= 5.6 Kanallaki earthquake of 21 March 2020 in west Epirus, Greece: Reverse fault model from InSAR data and seismotectonic implications for Apulia-Eurasia …

S Valkaniotis, P Briole, A Ganas, P Elias, V Kapetanidis… - Geosciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
We identify the source of the Mw= 5.6 earthquake that hit west-central Epirus on 21 March
2020 00: 49: 52 UTC. We use Sentinel-1 synthetic aperture radar interferograms tied to one …

Late Cretaceous to early Eocene geological history of the eastern Ionian Basin, southwestern Greece: A sedimentological approach

N Bourli, G Pantopoulos, AG Maravelis… - Cretaceous …, 2019 - Elsevier
Sedimentological studies of the Upper Cretaceous–lower Eocene limestones in the western
part of the Ionian basin (Araxos area) indicate that these deposits are composed of …

Implications of salt diapirism in syn-depositional architecture of a carbonate margin-to-Edge transition: an example from Plataria Syncline, Ionian Zone, NW Greece

I Vakalas, S Kokkalas, P Konstantopoulos, C Tzimeas… - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The present study examines the imprint of salt tectonics on carbonate depositional patterns
of the Ionian zone platform edge to slope transition. The study area is part of an overturned …