Abstract
Geomorphological, biological and AMS radiocarbon dating provide evidence of an about lm high elevated palaeo-shoreline at the NE coast of Ikaria Island,Aegean Sea, and to a seismic uplift which occurred after AD950-1150 and was probably responsible for damage in an ancient tower. These data are important for several reasons. They provide evidence for a strong earthquake in an island usually assumed aseismic, coastal uplifts and coastal fauna are scarce in this region, while the Late Holocene uplift correlates with a flight of marine terraces of probably Quaternary age, at least up to 40m high. Long-term uplift is not observed at the footwall of a fault bounding a major graben north of Ikaria, it represents a structural puzzle and it may help to shed some light to the evolution of various extensional terranes.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 123-131 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Geodinamica Acta |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 3-4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Sep 2011 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Aegean Sea
- Ikaria
- coastal fauna
- coastal uplift
- earthquake
- normal faulting.
- terraces
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geophysics
- Earth-Surface Processes