Corinth Rift Fault Locations and Activity Rates from Seismic and Drilling Data

Fault coordinate, slip rate, and extension rate data derived from seismic reflection profiles and IODP Expedition 381 drilling in the offshore Corinth Rift, Greece. The dataset includes shapefiles for N-Dipping and S-Dipping faults across four time periods, with average throw, slip, and extension rates in mm/yr for each fault segment. Data were produced by the British Geological Survey under NERC Grant NE/R016550/1.

Use Cases

• Seismic hazard assessment based on fault slip and extension rates.
• Tectonic rift evolution modeling based on fault geometry and activity across four time periods.
• GIS-based visualization of fault traces and their associated activity metrics.
• Integration of seismic reflection interpretations with scientific ocean drilling data for structural analysis.

Strengths

• Data integrates interpretations from multichannel seismic data with IODP Expedition 381 borehole data.
• Rates are provided as averages for each digitized fault segment, with values for throw, slip, and extension.
• Data is organized into four folders representing different time periods for temporal analysis.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

British Geological Survey (BGS)

Collection Method

Interpretation of seismic reflection profiles integrated with IODP scientific ocean drilling borehole data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 13:00:50.427857; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Offshore Corinth Rift, Greece (Gulf of Corinth)