Department of Dynamic, Tectonic and Applied Geology		National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
	Haralambos D. Kranis, Ph.D hkranis@geol.uoa.gr Tel. 30 210 727 4862 Fax. 30 210 727 4096

Research Interests

Structural Geology and Tectonics

Brittle deformation, Fault Data analysis and Inversion

Active Tectonics and Earthquake Geology

Tectonic Geomorphology

Paleoseismology

Interaction of sedimentation and tectonics

Lithostratigraphy

Publications

Peer-reviewed papers

Leeder, M.R., Mark, D.F., Gawthorpe, R.L., Kranis, H., Loveless, S., Pedentchouk, N., Skourtsos, E., Turner, J., Andrews, J.E., and Stamatakis, M., 2012. A "Great Deepening": Chronology of rift climax, Corinth rift, Greece: Geology, DOI: 10.1130/g33360.1.

Palyvos, N., K. Pavlopoulos, K., Froussou, E., Kranis, H., Pustovoytov, K., Forman, S.L. & Minos-Minopoulos, D. 2010. Paleoseismological investigation of the oblique-normal Ekkara ground rupture zone accompanying the M 6.7–7.0 earthquake on 30 April 1954 in Thessaly, Greece: Archaeological and geochronological constraints on ground rupture recurrence. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, B06301, doi:10.1029/2009JB006374.

Tzanis, E., Kranis, H. & Chailas, S., 2010. An investigation of the active tectonics in central Greece with imaging and decomposition of topographic data. Journal of Geodynamics, 49, 55-67.

Skourtsos, E. & H. Kranis, 2009. Structure and evolution of the western Corinth Rift, through new field data from the Northern Peloponnesus. In: U. Ring & B. Wernicke (Eds.): Extending a Continent: Architecture, Rheology and Heat Budget. Geological Society, London, Special Publication 321, 119-138, doi: 10.1144/SP321.6.

Palyvos, N., I. Bantekas & H. Kranis, 2006. Transverse fault zones of subtle geomorphic signature in Northern Evia island (Central Greece extensional province): an introduction to the Quaternary Nileas graben. Geomorphology, 76, 363-374, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2005.12.002 [pdf]

Cavazza, W., Roure,F., Spakman, W., Stampfli, G.M., Ziegler, P.A., F. Alvarez-Lobato, M. L. Arboleya, A. Argnani, P. Ayarza, N. Benaouali, G. Borel, R. Bracene, E. Carminati, G. Carrara, A. Chalouan, M. Comas, Ana Crespo-Blanc, C. Dabovski, C. Doglioni, N. Dumurdzanov, H. El-Bargathi, A. El-Hawat, M. Fernandez, D. Frizon de Lamotte, B. Fuegenschuh, M. Gaetani, G. Georgiev, D. Ioane, M. Julivert, O. Khriachtchevskaia, E. Kissling, H. D. Kranis, Y. Mart, A. Mauffret, A. Michard, J. A. Munoz, S. Nazai, G. Oaie, A. Obeidi, A. Okay, D. Papanikolaou, D. Radu, C. Robert-Charrue, A. H. F. Robertson, E. Roca, Bertrand Saint-Bezar, A. Saintot, R. Sartori, S. Schmid, R. Schuster, V. Scionti, D. Scrocca, A. Seghedi, M. Seranne, R. Stephenson, S. Stovba, A. Teixell, L. Torelli, J. Verges, R. Wortel, I. Zagorchev, H. Zeyen, & M. Zizi, 2004. The TRANSMED Atlas; geological-geophysical fabric of the Mediterranean region. Episodes (December 2004), 27(4):244-254.

Papanikolaou, D. Barghathi, H., Dabovski, C., Dimitriu, R., El-Hawat, A., Ioane, D, Kranis, H., Obeidi. A.,·Oaie, G., Seghedi, A. & Zagorchev, I., 2004. Transect VII: east European Craton – Scythian Platform – Dobrogea – Balkanides –Rhodope Massif – Hellenides – East Mediterranean – Cyrenaica. In: The TRANSMED Atlas. The Mediterranean Region from Crust to Mantle, Cavazza, W., Roure, F., Spakman, W., Stampfli, G.M., Ziegler, P.A. (Eds.). Springer-Verlag, 129 pp and CD-ROM.

Kranis, H.D., E.L. Lekkas, S.G. Lozios & A.S. Bakopoulou, 2004. Active faults and seismic hazard assessment at municipality level – the case of Tenea (Corinthia, Greece). In E.L. Lekkas (Ed.): Earthquake Geodynamics: Seismic Case Studies, Advances in Earthquake Engineering, 105-118. [pdf]

Kranis, H.D., 2002. Kinematics of active faults in Lokris, central Greece – block rotation within a crustal-scale shear zone? Geologica Carpathica, 53, 157-159. [pdf]

Fountoulis, I., H. Kranis, E. Lekkas, S. Lozios, & E. Skourtsos, 2000. Quaternary deformation in Grevena (W. Macedonia, Greece): Importance of shear and compressional strain. Annales Géologiques des Pays Helleniques, 38, 123-132. [pdf]

Lekkas, E., S.G. Lozios, E.N. Skourtsos, & H.D. Kranis, 1998. Floods, geodynamic environment and human intervention. The case of Corinth (Greece). In C.A Brebbia, J.L. Rubio & J-L. Uso (Eds.): Risk Analysis, WIT Press, Boston, 135-144. [pdf]

Lekkas, E., S.G. Lozios, E.N. Skourtsos, & H.D. Kranis, 1998. Egio earthquake (15 June 1995): an episode in the neotectonic evolution of Corinthiakos Gulf. Journal of Geodynamics, 26, 2-4, 487-499, doi:10.1016/S0264-3707(97)00073-2. [pdf]

Lekkas, E., Lozios S., Kranis, H., & Skourtsos, E. 1997. Linear damage distribution and seismic fractures at the Egio earthquake (15 June 1995, Greece). In G.D. Manolis, D.E. Beskos, C.A. Brebbia (Eds.): Advances in Earthquake Engineering: Earthquake Resistant Engineering Structures, 2, pp. 37-46, Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton. [pdf]

Lekkas, E., Kranis, H., 1997. The Doppler-Fiseau effect on the damage distribution during the Kobe earthquake. In G.D. Manolis, D.E. Beskos, C.A. Brebbia (Eds.): Advances in Earthquake Engineering: Earthquake Resistant Engineering Structures, 2, pp. 57-68, Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton. [pdf]

Mariolakos, I., I. Fountoulis & H. Kranis, 1997. Paleoseismic events as recorded in the Pleistocene sediments at Kalamata (Peloponnessus, Greece), Journal of Geodynamics, 24, 241-247, doi:10.1111/j.1365-3121.1996.tb00793.x [pdf]

Lekkas, S. Lozios, E. Skourtsos & H. Kranis, 1996. Liquefaction, ground fissures and coastline change during the Egio earthquake (June 15, 1995; Central-Western Greece), Terra Nova, 8, 6, 648-654. [pdf]

Lekkas, E.L., H.D. Kranis, M. Leounakis & P. Stylianos, 1996. The seismotectonic setting of Kobe area (Japan). The concomitant geodynamic phenomena caused by the Hanshin earthquake (Jan. 17, 1995). In C.A. Brebbia (Ed): Advances in Earthquake Engineering: The Kobe Earthquake: Geodynamical Aspects, Computational Mechanics Publ., Southampton, 1-16. [pdf]

Papers published in the Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece (peer-reviewed)
and in Proceedings of International Conferences (full-text)

Chailas, S., Tzanis, A., Kranis, H. & Karmis, P., 2010. Compilation of a unified and homogeneous aeromagnetic map of the Greek mainland. Proc 12^th Intern. Congress of the Geological Society of Greece, Patras, 19-22 May 2010, Βull. Geol. Soc. Greece, XLII, 4, 1919-1929. [pdf]

Tzanis, A., Chailas, S., Kranis, Ch., Sotiropoulos, P. & Karmis, P. 2008. Geophysical investigation of hydrogeological conditions and salination processes at the Marathon – Kato Souli basin (NE Attica, Greece). In: Migiros, G., Stamatis, G., Stournaras, G. (eds.): 8^th Intern. Hydrogeological Congress of Greece, Athens, 8-10.10.2008, 399-410. [pdf]

Kranis, H.D., 2007. Neotectonic basin evolution in central-eastern mainland Greece. Proc 11^th Intern. Congress, Athens, May 2007, Βull. Geol. Soc. Greece, 40, 360-373. [pdf]

Vassilakis, E., E. Skourtsos & H. Kranis, 2007. Combination of morphometric indices as a method for the quantification of neotectonic evolution in active areas. 8th Panh. Geographical Conference, Athens, 4-7.10.2007, 17-26. [pdf]

Σκούρτσος, Ε. & Χ. Κράνης, 2006. Μία εναλλακτική προσέγγιση της δομής και εξέλιξης του Δυτικού Κορινθιακού μέσα από νέα δεδομένα πεδίου από τη βόρεια Πελοπόννησο. Δελτίο Ελληνικής Γεωλογικής Εταιρείας, ΧΧΧΙΧ/ΙΙ, 71-83. [in Greek] [pdf]

Παπανικολάου, Δ., Ε.Κ. Μπάση, Χ.Δ. Κράνης, Γ. Δανάμος, 2004. Παλαιογεωγραφική εξέλιξη του λεκανοπεδίου Αθηνών από το Άνω Μειόκαινο έως σήμερα. Πρακτ. 10^ου Διεθν. Συνεδρίου Ε.Γ.Ε., Δελτίο Ελληνικής Γεωλογικής Εταιρείας, XXXVI/2, 816-825. [in Greek] [pdf]

Lekkas, E.L., & Kranis, H.D., 2004. The Boumerdes-Zemmouri, (Algeria) earthquake (May 21, 2003, Mw=6.8): results of field reconnaissance on damage evaluation, surficial deformation and geological site effects. Proceedings, 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, August 1-6, 2004, paper No. 1830. [pdf]

Λέκκας, Ε., Ζ. Λόζιος, Χ. Κράνης, Κ. Χολέβας, Ε. Μαυρογόνατος & Α. Μπακοπούλου, 2001. Συμβολή στον αντισεισμικό σχεδιασμό του Δήμου Λουτρακίου. Πρακτ. 2^ου Παν. Συνεδρίου Αντισεισμικής Μηχανικής & Τεχν. Σεισμολογίας, Θεσσαλονίκη 28-30/11/2001, Β, 211-218. [in Greek] [pdf]

Kranis, H.D. & D. I. Papanikolaou, 2001. Evidence for detachment faulting on the NE Parnassos mountain front (Central Greece). Bull. Geol. Soc. Greece, XXXIV/1, 281-287. [pdf]

Kranis, H.D. N. Palyvos, G. Livaditis & H. Maroukian, 2001. The Hyambolis Zone: geomorphological and tectonic evidence of a transverse structure in Lokris (Central Greece). Bull. Geol. Soc. Greece, XXXIV/1, 251-257. [pdf]

Μαριολάκος, Η., Χ. Κράνης, Χ. Μαρουκιάν & Ι. Φουντούλης, 2001. Τεκτονικά ελεγχόμενη εξέλιξη υδρογραφικών δικτύων στη Λοκρίδα (Στερεά Ελλάδα). Δελτίο Ελληνικής Γεωλογικής Εταιρείας, XXXIV/1, 175-182. [in Greek] [pdf]

Σακελλαρίου, Δ., Γ. Ρουσάκης, Χ. Κράνης, Ε. Καμπέρη, Π. Γεωργίου & Ν. Σκουλικίδης, 2001. Νεοτεκτονικές κινήσεις, ιζηματογένεση και διακύμανση της στάθμης της λίμνης Βεγορίτιδας στο Ανώτερο Τεταρτογενές. Δελτίο Ελληνικής Γεωλογικής Εταιρείας, XXXIV/1, 207-215. [in Greek] [pdf]

Λέκκας, Ε.Λ. & Χ.Δ. Κράνης, 2008. Κατηγοριοποίηση Προβλημάτων που Απαντώνται σε Θεμελιώσεις περί τα Ρήγματα. 3ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Αντισεισμικής Μηχανικής & Τεχνικής Σεισμολογίας, Αθήνα, 5-7 Νοεμβρίου 2008, Άρθρο 2003. [in Greek]

Λέκκας, Ε.Λ. & Χ.Δ. Κράνης, 2001. Γεωλογικά – γεωτεχνικά προβλήματα που απαντώνται σε θεμελιώσεις τεχνικών έργων παρά τα ρήγματα. Πρακτ. 4^ου Πανελ. Συνεδ. Γεωτεχνικής & Γεωπεριβαλλοντικής Μηχανικής, Αθήνα, 205/-1/6/2001, Τ.Ε.Ε. – Ελλ. Επιστ. Εταιρ. Εδαφομηχ. & Θεμελιώσεων, 2, 193-200. [pdf]

Anagnostou, Ch., H. Kranis, V. Kapsimalis, A. Papageorgiou & G. Kambouri, 2000. Seasonal variation of particulate matter distribution in a semienclosed marine area: Maliakos Gulf, Central Greece. Proc. 6th Panhel. Oceanographic Symposium , Ι, 492-496, Chios, Greece, 23-26.5.2000. [pdf]

Mariolakos, I. & H. Kranis, 1998. Geotechnical – neotectonic foundation conditions of the Mendenitsa castle (Fthiotida, Central Greece). Bull. Geol. Soc. Greece, XXXII/3, 131-137. [pdf]

Lekkas, E & H. Kranis, 1997. Earthquake faulting and human life loss. In: Marinos, P., Koukis, G., Tsiambaos, G, Stournaras, G. (eds.) Proc. Int. Symp. on Eng. Geology and the Environment, Athens, Greece, 23-27 June 1997, 1, 835-840, A.A. Balkema Publ., Rotterdam. [pdf]

Lekkas, E., H. Kranis, P. Stylianos & M. Leounakis, 1996: Brittle tectonics: a factor in the intensity distribution of the Hanshin earthquake: 11^th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Acapulco, Mexico, paper No 143. [pdf]

Lekkas, E.L., H.D. Kranis, M. Leounakis, & P. Stylianos, 1996. Investigation on the unequal distribution of damage during the Hanshin earthquake (Kobe, Japan). In: Chacon, J. & Irigaray, C. (eds.): Proceedings, 6th Spanish Congress and International conference on Environmental Geology and Land-Use Planning, Granada, Spain, v. 2, pp. 471-478. [pdf]

Lekkas, E.L., H.D. Kranis, M. Leounakis, & P. Stylianos, 1996. Earthquake-induced landslides during the great Hanshin earthquake of January 17, 1995 (Kobe, Japan). In: K. Senneset (Ed.) 7th International Symposium on Landslides of the International Association for Engineering Geology (IAEG), Publ. A.A. Balkema, Vol. 2, 989-994, Trondheim. [pdf]

Lekkas, E.L., H.D. Kranis, M. Leounakis, & P. Stylianos, 1996. Earthquake-induced landslides during the great Hanshin earthquake of January 17, 1995 (Kobe, Japan). In: Chacon, J. & Irigaray, C. (eds.): Proceedings, 6th Spanish Congress and International conference on Environmental Geology and Land-Use Planning. Granada, Spain, v. 2, pp. 455-461

Lekkas, E.L., H.D. Kranis, M. Leounakis, & P. Stylianos, 1996. Liquefaction phenomena caused by the Kobe earthquake (Japan), Proceedings, 6th Spanish Congress and International conference on Environmental Geology and Land-Use Planning. Granada, Spain, v. 2, pp. 463-470. [pdf]

Lekkas E.L. & H.D Kranis, 1994. Discontinuous Tectonic Deformation and cave formation: Representative Examples from the Hellenic Territory. 5th Congress of the Speleogical Society of Greece, Athens, November 1994. [pdf]

Field Guides - Maps – Special Reports

Kranis, H., Evelpidou, N. & Pirazzoli, P., 2012. Tectonic characteristics of the Gulf of Corinth, Corinth Rift, in Pirazzoli, P., Evelpidou. N. Stamatakis M., & Tziligkaki, E. (Eds): Sea-level indicators in South Corinth Gulf. Field-Trip Guide: Sea-Level Adjustment of the Land Observation and Models (SLALOM) 2012, Athens, Greece, 19-22.3.2012.

Vouvalidis, K., Pavlides, S., Chatzipetros, A., Kranis, H., Syrides, G., Albanakis, K., Pechlivanidou, S. & Tsourlos, P., 2011. Fluvial processes versus tectonic control in the Sperchios river valley. Field Trip Guide of the 15th Joint Geomorphological Meeting, Athens, 3-6.6.2011.

Lekkas, E., D. Papanikolaou, H. Kranis, S. Lozios, I. Fountoulis, E. Skourtsos & P. Nomikou, 2000. Neotectonic Map of Greece, “Grevena Sheet”, E.P.P.O., Athens. [map] [text, in Greek w. English abridged version]

Papanikolaou, D., E. Lekkas, C. Sideris, I. Fountoulis, G. Danamos, H. Kranis, S. Lozios, and contr. I. Antoniou, E. Vassilakis, S. Vassilopoulou, P. Nomikou, I. Papanikolaou, E. Skourtsos & K. Soukis, 1999. Geology and tectonics of western Attica in relation to the 7.9.1999 Athens earthquake. Newsl. Europ. Centr. Prev. Forec. Earthq., 3, 30-34.

Psycharis, I., D. Papastamatiou, I Taflambas, P. Carydis, G. Boyckovalas, G. Gazetas, I. Kalogeras, G. Stavrakakis, S. Pavlides, E. Lekkas, H. Kranis, C. Ioannidis, C. Cholevas & D. Pyrros, 1999. The Athens, Greece earthquake of September 7, 1999, EERI Newsletter, November 1999, Vol.33, 11, Special Earthquake Report, p. 1-8.

Mariolakos, I., I. Fountoulis & H. Kranis, 1998. Formalization of Neotectonic maps. Field trip guide, INQUA Neotectonics Commision, Athens - Patras, 74 p.

Mariolakos, I., I. Fountoulis & H. Kranis, 1997. Geology and tectonics: Sterea Hellas area. In Marinos, P., Koukis, G., Tsiambaos, G, Stournaras, G. (eds.): Eng. Geology and the Environment, 3971-3985, A.A. Balkema Publ., Rotterdam.