The impacts of sea-level changes during latest Pleistocene and Holocene times on the morphology of the Ionian and Aegean seas (SE Alpine Europe)

Perissoratis, C; Conispoliatis, N

dc.contributor.author	Perissoratis, C	en
dc.contributor.author	Conispoliatis, N	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:19:36Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:19:36Z
dc.date.issued	2003	en
dc.identifier.issn	0025-3227	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/15608
dc.subject	Aegean Sea	en
dc.subject	Holocene	en
dc.subject	Ionian Sea	en
dc.subject	Pleistocene	en
dc.subject	Sea-level changes	en
dc.subject	Subsidence rates	en
dc.subject.classification	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary	en
dc.subject.classification	Oceanography	en
dc.subject.other	Sea-level changes	en
dc.subject.other	Coastal zones	en
dc.subject.other	Geology	en
dc.subject.other	Morphology	en
dc.subject.other	Marine applications	en
dc.subject.other	coastal morphology	en
dc.subject.other	eustacy	en
dc.subject.other	Quaternary	en
dc.subject.other	sea level change	en
dc.subject.other	subsidence	en
dc.subject.other	Mediterranean Sea	en
dc.title	The impacts of sea-level changes during latest Pleistocene and Holocene times on the morphology of the Ionian and Aegean seas (SE Alpine Europe)	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00047-1	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00047-1	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2003	en
heal.abstract	The tentative coastline configuration in the Ionian and Aegean seas in three Late Pleistocene-Holocene time slices is given, based on the global eustatic sea-level curve in combination with local geological and geoarcheological data. At lowstand stage 2 (21 500 cal yr BP (years before present), sea level - 120 m), extensive shelves existed in the northern Aegean Sea and, to a second degree, in the eastern Aegean Sea and in the northern and central parts of the Ionian Sea. Many islands were connected with each other and with the mainland. A great part of the periphery of gulfs that have an entrance less than 120 m deep was subaerially exposed, while in their central parts lakes were formed. At 11 500 cal yr BP (sea level -60 m) the exposed shelf was much restricted, most of the gulfs were overflowed by the advancing sea and only a few islands were still connected with the mainland. Finally, at 8000 cal yr BP and onward, the sea initially intruded the lowlands and the gulfs, but the subsequent sediment input by the rivers regressed the sea to its present position. Thus many human settlements and old cities that were maritime during Hellenistic or older times are now a few to tens of kilometers inland. © 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.	en
heal.publisher	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV	en
heal.journalName	Marine Geology	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00047-1	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000182644000003	en
dc.identifier.volume	196	en
dc.identifier.issue	3-4	en
dc.identifier.spage	145	en
dc.identifier.epage	156	en