Late Holocene sea-level evolution of Paros Island (Cyclades, Greece)

Anna Karkani; Niki Evelpidou; Matthieu Giaime; Nick Marriner; Christophe Morhange; Giorgio Spada

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2019.02.027

Late Holocene sea-level evolution of Paros Island (Cyclades, Greece)

Anna Karkani, Niki Evelpidou, Matthieu Giaime, Nick Marriner, Christophe Morhange, Giorgio Spada

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Abstract

Relative sea-level (RSL) reconstructions are essential to answer a variety of scientific questions, ranging from the investigation of crustal movements to the calibration of earth rheology models and ice sheet reconstructions. It is generally assumed that most Cycladic islands (Aegean Sea, Greece) are affected by a gradual subsidence, attributed to the crustal thinning and to hydro-isostatic processes that accompanied the post-glacial rise in sea level. In this paper, we produce new RSL data from sedimentary records on Paros Island. We compare and contrast these RSL data with published data from the nearby island of Naxos. Our results are further compared with sea-level predictions from two different GIA models in an attempt to better quantify the tectonic regime of the wider study area. Our results suggest average tectonic subsidence rates close to 1.0 ± 0.4 mm/yr since 5500 cal BP. These rates are not linear in time and have increased since 2500 cal BP.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	139-146
Number of pages	8
Journal	Quaternary International
Volume	500
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2019.02.027
State	Published - Jan 2019
Externally published	Yes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was co-funded by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology ( 1504 ) and the European Regional Development Fund , in the framework of the Bilateral project Greece – France entitled: ‘Sea level changes in Cyclades’.

Funding Information:
This work was co-funded by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (1504) and the European Regional Development Fund, in the framework of the Bilateral project Greece – France entitled: ‘Sea level changes in Cyclades’.This work has been partially carried out thanks to the support of the Labex OT-Med (ANR-11-LABX-0061) and of the A*MIDEX project (n° ANR-11-IDEX-0001-02), funded by the « Investissements d'Avenir » French Government program, managed by the French National Research Agency (ANR).GS is funded by a FFABR (Finanziamento delle Attività Base di Ricerca) grant of the MIUR (Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca) and by a DiSPeA research grant.

Funding Information:
GS is funded by a FFABR (Finanziamento delle Attività Base di Ricerca) grant of the MIUR (Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca) and by a DiSPeA research grant.

Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Alexandros Petropoulos, Giannis Saitis, Theophilos Valsamidis, Matina Seferli and Electra Kotopoulou for their help during fieldwork in Paros. This work was co-funded by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (1504) and the European Regional Development Fund, in the framework of the Bilateral project Greece – France entitled: ‘Sea level changes in Cyclades’. This work has been partially carried out thanks to the support of the Labex OT-Med (ANR-11-LABX-0061) and of the A*MIDEX project (n° ANR-11-IDEX-0001-02), funded by the « Investissements d'Avenir » French Government program, managed by the French National Research Agency (ANR). GS is funded by a FFABR (Finanziamento delle Attività Base di Ricerca) grant of the MIUR (Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca) and by a DiSPeA research grant.

Funding Information:
This work has been partially carried out thanks to the support of the Labex OT-Med ( ANR-11-LABX-0061 ) and of the A*MIDEX project (n° ANR-11-IDEX-0001-02 ), funded by the « Investissements d’Avenir  » French Government program, managed by the French National Research Agency (ANR) .

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© 2019 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA

Keywords

Central Aegean
Coastal geomorphology
Holocene
Lagoon
Relative sea level
Subsidence

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Earth-Surface Processes

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