Building a three dimensional model of the active Plio-Quaternary basin of Argostoli (Cephalonia Island, Greece): an integrated geophysical and geological approach

Edward Marc Cushing (1) , Fabrice Hollender (2) , Denis Moiriat (3) , Cédric Guyonnet-Benaize (4) , Nikolaos Theodoulidis (5) , Sophie Sepulcre (6) , Edwige Pons-Branchu (7, 8) , Pierre-Yves Bard (2) , Cécile Cornou (2) , Aline Dechamp (9) , Armand Marsical (2) , Zafeiria Roumelioti (10)

1 IRSN/PSE-ENV/SCAN/BERSSIN - Bureau d'évaluation des risques sismiques pour la sûreté des installations
2 ISTerre - Institut des Sciences de la Terre
3 IRSN/PSE-ENV/SCAN/BEHRIG - Bureau d'expertise en hydrogéologie, risques Inondation, météorologiques et géotechniques
4 CEA-CESTA - Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
5 ITSAK, Thessaloniki
6 GEOPS - Géosciences Paris Saclay
7 LSCE - Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette]
8 GEOTRAC - Géochrononologie Traceurs Archéométrie
9 DAM/DIF - DAM Île-de-France
10 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

This work is a multidisciplinary approach from geological and geophysical surveys to build a 3D geological model of Argostoli Basin (Cephalonia Island, Greece) aiming to be used for computational 3D simulation of seismic motion. Cephalonia Island is located at the north-western end of the Aegean subduction frontal thrust that is linked to the dextral Cephalonia Transform Fault (west of Cephalonia) where the seismic hazard is high in terms of earthquake frequency and magnitude. The Plio-Quaternary Koutavos-Argostoli basin site was selected within the French Research Agency PIA SINAPS@ project (www.institut-seism.fr/projets/sinaps/ - last accessed on July 14th 2019) to host a vertical accelerometer array. The long-term goal is to validate three-dimensional nonlinear numerical simulation codes to assess the site-specific amplification and nonlinearity. Herein the geological and geophysical surveys carried out from 2011 to 2017 are presented and in particular the complementary investigations that led to the identification of the main stratigraphic units and their structures. In addition, coral debris sampled from the vertical array deep borehole cores were used for 230Th/234U measurements, which confirmed the Pleistocene age of the Koutavos basin. The characterization of the three-dimensional structure of the stratigraphic units was achieved by coupling geological cross-sections (i.e., depth geometry) and geophysical surveys based of surface wave analysis.

Domaines: Planète et Univers [physics]; Sciences de la Terre

Edward Marc Cushing, Fabrice Hollender, Denis Moiriat, Cédric Guyonnet-Benaize, Nikolaos Theodoulidis, et al.. Building a three dimensional model of the active Plio-Quaternary basin of Argostoli (Cephalonia Island, Greece): an integrated geophysical and geological approach. Engineering Geology, 2020, 265, pp.105441. ⟨10.1016/j.enggeo.2019.105441⟩. ⟨hal-02404456⟩