Abstract
Rivers in the western Gulf of Corinth have built gravelly fan deltas into waters 100–300 m deep. Seismic profiles (3.5 kHz) and gravity cores show that sand-filled channels extend seaward of modern distributary mouths and lead to sandy depositional lobes in deeper water. Much of the fan delta slope is underlain by mud. Closely spaced gullies cut the interchannel ridges on either side of the main channels. Incised slope valleys occur on east-facing slopes, where the wave fetch is greatest, and may be formed by rip-current-induced turbidity currents.
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Piper, D.J.W., Kontopoulos, N., Anagnostou, C. et al. Modern fan deltas in the western Gulf of Corinth, Greece. Geo-Marine Letters 10, 5–12 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02431016
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