Geochemistry of Upper Miocene–Lower Pliocene source rocks in the Hellenic Fold and Thrust Belt, Zakynthos Island, Ionian Sea, western Greece

An Overview of the Petroleum Systems in the Ionian Zone, Onshore Nw Greece and Albania

“…If the Ionian thrust was active only since the early Pliocene; the sedimentary succession in the foreland to the west will be relatively thin. However new results (Maravelis et al, 2014b) show that the Ionian thrust is correctly located further west, in the centre of Zakynthos island, and that it became active during the early Miocene (as for example in the Diapontia islands to the north of Corfu: Fig. 2).…”

“…However in spite of dry holes and other discouraging results, recent detailed studies of potential petroleum systems in western Greece (e.g. Karakitsios and Rigakis, 1996;Avramidis et al, 2002;Mavromatidis, 2009;Karakitsios, 2013; Maravelis et al, 2014b) have provided a basis for further hydrocarbon exploration of the area.…”

The Messinian salinity crisis: open problems and possible implications for Mediterranean petroleum systems

“…The source-rock potential of MSC deposits has been documented in several areas: the Chelif Basin (northern Algeria: Arab et al 2015), the Prinos-Kavala Basin (northern Aegean: Kiomourtzi et al 2008), the island of Zakynthos and the Hellenic Trench (Greece: Maravelis et al 2013Maravelis et al , 2015, the Ionian Basin (Deroo et al 1978), the southern Apennines (Guido et al 2007), and the northern Apennines (Manzi et al 2007). However, a full knowledge of the Messinian source rocks is lacking, mainly due to the difficulty in organizing the available scattered data and observations into a comprehensive and detailed stratigraphic framework.…”

Preliminary Geochemical and Sedimentological Analysis in Nw Corfu: The Miocene Sediments in Agios Georgios Pagon

“…Corfu's widespread sedimentary accumulations are under an ongoing and detailed investigation, combined with previous and ongoing studies in Zakynthos, Diapontia Islands and Lefkada (Maravelis et al, 2014a and2014b); in order to further understand the mechanisms and characteristics of the Hellenic FTB. The present preliminary report includes results of geochemical and sedimentological investigations in the Miocene sediments of Agios Georgios Pagon, in Northern Corfu (Fig.2).…”