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Results suggest that: a) The incision rate reaches the greatest values in the Osum area; b) The<br />

incision is more strongly controlled by the normal faults than the thrust faults; c) The normal<br />

faulting linked to the East Albanian graben systems seems more active than the normal faulting that<br />

affects the North West part of Greece.<br />

Table 1. Kinematic of active structures active analyzed from the incision of the terraces levels of the Vjosa, Osum,<br />

Devoll <strong>and</strong> Shkumbin rivers.<br />

Name Structure River Vertical slip movement (m/ka)<br />

Coastal pop - up PaleoSeman ~ 0.1 ( Fouache et al, 2010)<br />

Shkumbin Anticline Shkumbin ~ 0.2<br />

Elbasan Graben Shkumbin > 1<br />

Lushnje - Tepelenë Thrust Shkumbin ~ 0.9<br />

Lushnje - Tepelenë Thrust Vjosa ~ 0.2<br />

Tomorrica Thrust Devoll ~ 0.4<br />

Burcal Normal Fault Devoll ~ 0.3<br />

Nerotrivi Normal Fault Vjosa > 0.4<br />

Konitsa Normal Fault Systems Vjosa > 0.4<br />

Papingo West Normal Fault Vjosa ~1.8 between 25 <strong>and</strong> 17 Ka (Carcaillet, et al, 2009)<br />

West Graben Normal Fault Systems Devoll > 0.8<br />

West Ersekë Normal Fault Systems Osum 1.7 – 2.1<br />

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