New 234U-230Th coral dates from marine terraces at the western end of the Gulf of Corinth, central Greece.

The Gulf of Corinth, central Greece is one of the fastest-extending regions of the Earth’s continental crust, but little quantitative geological data exists relating to rates of extension caused by normal faulting at the western end of the Gulf. We present new 234U-230Th coral (Cladocora caespitosa) dates from raised marine terraces at the western end of the Gulf of Corinth, and discuss their implications for rates of extension on normal faulting specifically the Psathopyrgos normal fault. Accompanying geomorphologic information on the area will be given, as will details of coral chemistry (U, Th, 87Sr/86Sr, Na, Sr, Mg) used to validate our dates.