t.CATlo T()~ EMflVIKr;~ rCWAOYIKr;<; ETatpfa<; TO~. XXXX, Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece vol. XXXX, 2007 2007 Proceedings of the 11 th Inlernalional Congress, Athens, May, npOKTIKCt 11°0 t.lc8vou<; Luvcopiau, A8~va, Mcilo<; 2007 2007 NEOTECTONIC BASIN EVOLUTION IN CENTRAL-EASTERN MAINLAND GREECE: AN OVERVIEW Kranis H. I 1 National and Kapodistrian University ofAthens, Faculty ofGeology and Geoenvironment, Department ofDynamic, Tectonic & Applied Geology,
[email protected] Abstract The neotectonic evolution of central-eastern mainland Greece (Stereo Hellas) is documented in the result of local extensional tectonics within a regional transten sional field, which is related to the westward propagation of the North Anatolian Fault. The observed tectonic structures within the neotectonic basins and their mar gins (range-bounding faults and fault zones, rotation of tectonic blocks) suggest a close relation to the Parnassos Detachment Fault (PDF), which is a reused alpine thrust surface. LokYis basin (LB) occupied a central position in this neotectonic con figuration, hoping received its first sediments in the Uppermost Miocene and subse quently been greatly affected by tectonic episodes, which continue until nowadays. LB is considered to have been separated from the present-day North Gulf of Evia not earlier than the Lower Pleistocene. Voiotikos Kifissos Basin, on the other hand, is tightly related to the activation ofPDF, occupying the position ofa frontal basin and having developed along the main detachmentfront. Key words: Lokris, detachment faulting, block rotation, North Anatolian Fault. n£piA'l4J'l JJa.povma.(tml ~ VWrE:KTOV1KI7 tC:i:).I(/1 Tllr; r(C;VTpoa.Va.ro),IKI7r; LTC;pC;a.r; EJ)j;.l5o.c;, 'I 0 71:oia.