Gino de Gelder

ISTerre | ISTerre · Department of Geosciences

Eustatic sea level changes and vertical tectonic movements are producing uplifted paleoshorelines. Along subduction zones, uplifted terraces are used to study fault activities and, overall, allow to interpret the tectonic history of plate convergence. Northeastern Oman is experiencing plate convergence following the late Cretaceous obduction of the...

The morphology of coastal sequences provides fundamental observations to unravel past sea level (SL) variations. For that purpose, converting morphometric observations into a SL datum requires understanding their morphogenesis. The long‐lasting sequence of coral reef terraces (CRTs) at Cape Laundi (Sumba Island, Indonesia) could serve as a benchmar...

Coastal boulder deposits (CBDs), named huracanolitos in Cuba, found along rocky shores, result from storms, tropical cyclones or tsunamis. Despite being important indicators for coastal hazard assessment, determining the mode of emplacement of CBDs (storm/hurricane or tsunami) is not easy. We present, for the first time in English, data about CBDs...

The southeastern tip of Cuba Island is limited to the south by the N‐Caribbean boundary. By revisiting the impressive sequences of coastal terraces of this region, we decipher the Quaternary deformation pattern of this plate boundary. We present a detailed mapping of coastal terraces uplifted over a hundred kilometers of coastline, and U/Th dating....

The fossil record of Quaternary reef systems, as expressed in uplifted regions by sequences of stacked terraces, has been extensively used either to understand their morphodynamics or to unravel sea level variations. Yet, because these two aspects are intimately linked, Quaternary reef analysis is often underdetermined because the analysis often fo...

The morphology of coastal sequences provides fundamental observations to unravel past sea level (SL) variations. For that purpose, converting morphometric observations into a SL datum requires understanding their morphogenesis. The long-lasting sequence of coral reef terraces (CRTs) at Cape Laundi (Sumba Island, Indonesia) could serve as a benchmar...

Coastal boulders or mega-clasts, named huracanolitos in Cuba, are found along many rocky shores. They result from storms/hurricanes or tsunamis, but despite being potentially important indicators for hazard assessment, their mode of emplacement is typically unknown. We studied a coastal boulder that is probably the largest one ever described on Cub...

El extremo sudoriental de la isla de Cuba está limitado al sur por la Zona de Falla Oriente-Septentrional, de dirección EW, y al norte por la Zona de Falla Norte de La Española, dos estructuras tectónicas clave del Caribe Norte. Al revisar las impresionantes y largamente reconocidas secuencias de terrazas costeras de Punta de Maisí y regiones vecin...

Los cantos rodados costeros o mega-clastos, denominados huracanolitos en Cuba, se encuentran a lo largo de muchas costas rocosas en todo el mundo. Estos son el resultado de tormentas/huracanes o tsunamis; pero a pesar de ser indicadores potencialmente importantes para la evaluación de riesgos, su modo de emplazamiento bien discutido. En este trabaj...

The fossil record of Quaternary reef systems, as expressed in uplifted regions by sequences of stacked terraces, has been extensively used to either understand their morphodynamics, or to unravel sea level variations. Yet, because these two aspects are intimately linked, Quaternary reef analysis is often underdetermined because the analysis often f...

The history of sea level across the Quaternary is essential for assessing past and future climate. Global sea-level reconstructions are typically derived from oxygen isotope curves, but require calibration with geological constraints that are scarce prior to the last glacial cycle (>130 thousand years ago). Here we show that the coral reef terrace...

Grain-size analysis of the sediments in borehole M0079A, which is located in the Corinth Rift, was used to explore hydrodynamic conditions and provenance in the Late Pleistcene Corinth Rift. Grain-size populations that were sensitive to the sedimentary environments were characterized by frequency distribution, particle size-standard deviation, and...

The morphology of fossil coral reef (FCR) sequences provides fundamental observations to unravel past sea levels (SL), including the possible intra-Last Interglacial (LIG) SL oscillations, and thus to anticipate future variations. For that purpose, converting morphometric observations into SL datum requires understanding the FCRs morphogenesis. The...

Several crustal and lithospheric mechanisms lead to deformation and vertical motion of the upper plate during subduction, but their relative contribution is often enigmatic. Multiple areas of the Hellenic Forearc have been uplifting since Plio‐Quaternary times, yet spatiotemporal characteristics and sources of this uplift are poorly resolved. The r...

The morphology of coral reef sequences (CRTs) provides fundamental observations to unravel past sea levels, including the possible intra-Last Interglacial (LIG) sea level oscillations. For that purpose, converting morphometric observations into sea level datum requires understanding the CRTs morphogenesis. The canonical sequence of CRTs at Cape Lau...

The Java Back‐arc Thrust scars the entire back‐arc area of Java Island, but the faults' nature, timing, and activity remain partly elusive. Characterizing the structure and activity of the seismogenic Java Back‐arc Thrust (historical earthquakes up to 7 Mw) is a cornerstone to evaluate associated geohazards. We focus on the western part of Java Bac...

Several crustal and lithospheric mechanisms lead to deformation and vertical motion of the upper plate during subduction, but their relative contribution is often enigmatic. The Hellenic Forearc has been uplifting since Plio-Quaternary times, yet the spatiotemporal characteristics and sources of this uplift are poorly resolved. The remarkable geolo...

How can the sluggish, long-wavelength mantle convection be expressed by so many time and space scales of morphotectonic activity? To investigate these relationships, we explore the Java-Banda subduction zone, where geodynamic records cluster. In the far-East Tethys, the exceptionally arcuate Banda subduction zone circumscribes the deepest oceanic b...

A major challenge in subaqueous palaeoseismology is to understand the relationship between an earthquake/tsunami and a sedimentary event deposit recorded in drillcores. Expedition 381 of the International Ocean Discovery Program was dedicated to understanding the development of the Corinth Rift, Greece. Its drilled cores provide a potentially impor...

The history of sea level across the Quaternary is essential for assessing past and future climate and geodynamics. Global sea-level reconstructions are typically derived from oxygen isotope curves, but require calibration with geological constraints that are particularly scarce prior to the last glacial cycle (>130 ka). The exceptionally well-prese...

The emerged coral reef terrace sequence at Cape Laundi, on the north coast of Sumba Island (Indonesia), with at least 18 successive strandlines, remains poorly dated in spite of numerous previous data. The age discrepancies within these coral reef terraces (CRTs) were previously explained by their polycyclic nature, triggered by marine erosion and...

The emerged sequences of coral reef and marine terraces of the Cuban Archipelago have been recognized since the end of the 19th century but with noticeable exceptions, their bio-constructions and/or deposits are not dated. The northern Caribbean islands and associated archipelagos are located in a left-lateral strike-slip tectonic setting, at the b...

A major challenge in subaqueous paleoseismology is to understand the relationship between an earthquake/tsunami and a sedimentary event deposit recorded in drillcores. Expedition 381 of the International Ocean Discovery Program was dedicated to understanding the development of the Corinth Rift, Greece. Its drilled cores provide a potentially import...

Understanding early rifting of continental lithosphere requires accurate descriptions of up‐bended rift margins and footwalls that ought to correlate in space and time with the elastic flexural uplift that produces them. Here we characterize the geometry of elastic flexural uplift by continental rifting at its spatiotemporal scale in nature (tens o...

This review shows how collective analysis of morphotectonic elements on uplifting rift margins can constrain the mechanical behaviour of continents during early rifting. This is shown for the modern Corinth Rift, one of the fastest-extending and most seismically active continental regions worldwide. We reconstruct the growth of the normal fault sys...

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p>This Article contains errors in Reference 40 which is incorrectly given as: Palyvos, N., Pantosti, D. & Zabci, C. Paleoseismological evidence of recent earthquakes on the 1967 Mudurnu Valley earthquake segment of the North Anatolian fault. Bull. Seis. Soc. Am. 97, 1646–1661 (2007).</p

Geomorphic strain markers accumulating the effects of many earthquake cycles help to constrain the mechanical behaviour of continental rift systems as well as the related seismic hazards. In the Corinth Rift (Greece), the unique record of onshore and offshore markers of Pleistocene ~100-ka climate cycles provides an outstanding possibility to const...

Young rifts are shaped by combined tectonic and surface processes and climate, yet few records exist to evaluate the interplay of these processes over an extended period of early rift-basin development. Here, we present the longest and highest resolution record of sediment flux and paleoenvironmental changes when a young rift connects to the global...

The primary objective of International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 381 was to retrieve a record of early continental rifting and basin evolution from the Corinth rift, central Greece. Continental rifting is fundamental for the formation of ocean basins, and active rift zones are dynamic regions of high geohazard potential. However, the detai...

The modern Corinth Rift is one of the fastest extending regions worldwide and has the highest seismicity in Europe. Most of this strain and seismicity occur in relation with the extensional fault system bounding the continental rift to the south. The rift-bounding fault dips north and accommodates nearly pure N-S extension, leading to lithospheric...

Crustal elastic flexure on the flanks of rift-forming faults is a key feature to characterize continental rifting processes that can be resolved by means of transient river drainages on rift footwalls. Here we show that the elastic flexure dynamics of the uplifting southern shoulder of the rapidly-extending, asymmetric Corinth Rift (Greece) are rec...

Elastic flexure of the lithosphere is commonly used to model crustal mechanics, rheology and dynamics. However, accurate characterizations of flexure in nature at the spatiotemporal scale of active continental rifting (tens of km; 10^4-10^6 yr) are scant. We use exceptionally preserved geomorphic evidence in the asymmetric, young and fast-extending...

Widespread sequences of uplifted marine terraces express multi-scale climatic and tectonic processes, but their analysis is typically biased by the considered sea-level curve. Here we explore the influence of Quaternary sea-level (SL) curves on the geometry of the marine terrace sequence at Xylokastro (Corinth Rift) using a numerical model of sea-c...

The Cotentin Peninsula (Normandy, France) displays sequences of marine terraces and rasas, the latter being wide Late Cenozoic coastal erosion surfaces, that are typical of Western European coasts in Portugal, Spain, France and southern England. Remote sensing imagery and field mapping enabled reappraisal of the Cotentin coastal sequences. From bot...

Geomorphic strain markers accumulating the effects of many earthquake cycles help to constrain the mechanical behaviour of continental rift systems as well as related seismic hazard. In the Corinth Rift (Greece), the remarkably rich record of onshore and offshore markers of Pleistocene 100ky climate cycles is unique worldwide and makes it a key sit...

Crustal elastic flexure on the flanks of rift-forming faults is a key feature to characterize continental rifting processes that can be resolved by means of transient river drainages on rift footwalls. Here we show that the elastic flexure dynamics of the uplifting southern shoulder of the rapidly-extending, asymmetric Corinth Rift (Greece) are rec...

Formation of new subduction zones represents one of the cornerstones of plate tectonics, yet both the kinematics and geodynamics governing this process remain enigmatic. A major subduction initiation event occurred in the Late Cretaceous, within the Neo-Tethys Ocean between Gondwana and Eurasia. Supra-subduction zone ophiolites (i.e., emerged fragm...

Formation of new subduction zones represents one of the cornerstones of plate tectonics, yet both the kinematics and geodynamics governing this process remain enigmatic. A major subduction initiation event occurred in the Late Cretaceous, within the Neo-Tethys Ocean between Gondwana and Eurasia. Supra-subduction zone ophiolites (i.e., emerged fragm...

In Central and western Anatolia two continent-derived massifs simultaneously underthrusted an oceanic lithosphere in the Cretaceous, and ended up with very contrasting metamorphic grades: high-pressure, low-temperature in the Tavşanlı Zone and the low-pressure, high-temperature in the Kırşehir Block. To assess why, we reconstruct the Cretaceous pal...

We present the first full Holocene palaeomagnetic secular variation record from New Zealand. The 11 500 year-long record, from the sediments of Mavora Lakes, comprises composite declination, inclination and relative palaeointensity logs, compiled from two six-metre long cores and the uppermost 1.5 m of another. An age model has been developed from...