Geodetic determination of the kinematics of central Greece with respect to Europe: Implications for eastern Mediterranean tectonics

This Data Atlas of Byzantine and Ottoman Material Culture involves the archiving, storing and making accessible of Medieval and Post-Medieval data from several archaeological missions in the eastern Mediterranean (period 600–2000 ad). The data mainly originate from pottery studies carried out during excavations in four major urban centres and during two surface surveys in their respective surroundings. The urban sites are Butrint in southern Albania, Athens in central Greece, Ephesus in western Turkey and Tarsus in eastern Turkey, the material culture of which is studied in relation to archaeological finds from rural settlements and towns in their hinterlands (e.g., Aetolia, Boeotia).

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MARBLE SCULPTURES FROM PHTHIOTIS IN THE LAMIA ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM

The Annual of the British School at Athens ◽

10.1017/s0068245413000099 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 108 ◽

pp. 275-321

Author(s):

Iphigeneia Leventi

Keyword(s):

Formal Language ◽

Eastern Mediterranean ◽

Asia Minor ◽

Small Scale ◽

Hellenistic Period ◽

Central Greece ◽

Aegean Islands ◽

Marble Sculptures ◽

Eros And Psyche ◽

Greek East

Marble statuettes, now in the Lamia Archaeological Museum, that date to the Classical and above all the Hellenistic periods, and a Hellenistic votive relief depicting Herakles are presented here. This study investigates the relations between the local workshop in central Greece which produced them and the major Classical and Hellenistic sculptural centres of Athens and of the Aegean islands, Asia Minor and the kingdoms of the Greek East generally. A marble statuette of a goddess which may represent Artemis from Melitaia, and a marble statuette of a seated girl of unknown provenance are dated to the Classical period. The subjects portrayed in the Late Hellenistic material show a typical repertory, marble statuettes of Aphrodite or Aphrodite-like figures, and a statuary group of Eros and Psyche in marble, unusual for this period. The ways in which the local sculptors of the Late Hellenistic period in the area of modern Phthiotis adopted the typological and stylistic trends current in the great cosmopolitan centres are a major concern here. In the Hellenistic period, the production of marble statuettes for making offerings at public and domestic sanctuaries and for decorating opulent villas was in vogue, and a common formal language was created especially for small-scale sculpture in the eastern Mediterranean and the new art markets of Italy. The vehicles by which these artistic influences were transmitted to the sculptural production of central Greece will also be investigated.

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DETERMINATION OF ASEISMIC DEFORMATION ON NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT IN ISMETPASA AND DESTEK REGIONS USING GPS DATA, TURKEY

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece ◽

10.12681/bgsg.11718 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 50 (1) ◽

pp. 182

Author(s):

H. Yavasoglu ◽

M.N. Alkan ◽

K. Aladogan ◽

I.M Ozulu ◽

V. Ilci ◽

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Keyword(s):

Eastern Mediterranean ◽

Eastern Mediterranean Region ◽

North Anatolian Fault ◽

Gps Data ◽

Slip Mechanism ◽

The North ◽

First Results ◽

Fault Deformation ◽

Fault Mechanism

The North Anatolian Fault Zone (NAFZ) is one of the most destructive fault in the eastern Mediterranean region. After Izmit and Düzce earthquakes, the projects on monitoring the fault motion increase using instrumental tools like GPS, InSAR, LIDAR, creepmeter, etc. The eastern and central part of the NAFZ from Karlıova to Vezirköprü has almost strike slip mechanism. The western part of the central NAFZ from Vezirköprü to Bolu has transpressive character. The aseismic fault deformation (creep) is also important phenomena for these two sections. The InSAR and LIDAR studies showed that the Ismetpasa and Destek regions have creep motions. For this purpose, the new project has been started to proof this phenomena with GPS data and to determine quantitatively the rate of convergence and its variation along segment of the NAF between Bolu and Çorum. The main aim of this study is determination of creep rate with geodetic measurements and combination of the data obtained from seismology, geodesy and geophysics to understand fault mechanism. Therefore, in this paper we discuss tectonic phenomena on the central part of the NAFZ and present the first results of the project.

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Population Characteristics of the Mid-Littoral Chthamalid Barnacle C. stellatus (Poli, 1791) in Eastern Mediterranean (Central Greece)

Water ◽

10.3390/w12123304 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (12) ◽

pp. 3304

Author(s):

Dimitris Klaoudatos ◽

Zoi Kotsiri ◽

Nikos Neofitou ◽

Alexios Lolas ◽

Dimitris Vafidis

Keyword(s):

Eastern Mediterranean ◽

Age Groups ◽

Wave Exposure ◽

Growth Patterns ◽

Population Characteristics ◽

Anthropogenic Pressure ◽

Allometric Relationships ◽

Morphometric Characteristics ◽

Central Greece ◽

Key Space

Barnacles are key space-occupiers in rocky shore communities on European coasts. Barnacles of the species Chthamalus stellatus (Poli, 1791) were collected between June 2014 and May 2015 from two sites, two stations per each site with varying degree of exposure to wave action and anthropogenic pressure (trampling), in the Eastern Mediterranean (Pagasitikos Gulf, Central Greece). This study addresses a knowledge gap in population characteristics of C. stellatus populations in the Eastern Mediterranean, assessing population structure and allometric relationships. Patterns of distribution and abundance (density and percentage cover) were studied both temporally (seasonally) and spatially (water level and site). Morphometric characteristics exhibited spatiotemporal variation. Population density was significantly higher at the site with higher wave exposure. The population cover exhibited high levels of similarity among shore levels, both spatially and temporally. Spatial distribution exhibited a clumped pattern of dispersion in autumn, winter, and spring, mainly in the sheltered site. Six dominant age groups were identified, with the dominant cohort in the third-year class. Significant negative allometric relationships were exhibited between all morphometric characteristics. Differences in growth patterns among populations were indicated, with a higher rate of growth at the site of lower wave exposure.

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Determination of optimum irrigation and effect of deficit irrigation strategies on yield and disease rate of peanut irrigated with drip system in Eastern Mediterranean

Agricultural Water Management ◽

10.1016/j.agwat.2019.04.033 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 221 ◽

pp. 211-219 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

S. Metin Sezen ◽

Seral Yucel ◽

Servet Tekin ◽

Mehmet Yıldız

Keyword(s):

Deficit Irrigation ◽

Eastern Mediterranean ◽

Disease Rate

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Combined Zonation of the African-Levantine-Caucasian Areal of Ancient Hominin: Review and Integrated Analysis of Paleogeographical, Stratigraphic and Geophysical-Geodynamical Data

10.20944/preprints202112.0015.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Lev V. Eppelbaum ◽

Youri Katz

Keyword(s):

Carbonate Platform ◽

Eastern Mediterranean ◽

Dominant Role ◽

Flow Distribution ◽

Dead Sea ◽

Integrated Analysis ◽

Dead Sea Transform ◽

Regional Tectonic ◽

Corridor Location

The origin of the man at the Earth is directly associated with the determination of directions of the flow distribution of the ancient man migration to adjacent territories. In such studies traditionally mainly landscape and climatological changes are considered. We suggest that along with the above factors, regional tectonic-geodynamic factors played a dominant role in the character of migration. The considered African-Levantine-Caucasian region is one of the most complex regions of the world, where collisional and spreading processes of geodynamics converge. First is determined an essential influence of the Akchagylian hydrospheric maximum (about 200 m above the mean sea level) limiting the ancient men migration from Africa to Eurasia. We propose that the Levantine Corridor emerged after the end of the Akchagylian transgression and landscape forming in the Eastern Mediterranean. This corridor location was formed by the movements between the Dead Sea Transform and the boundary of the carbonate platform of the Mesozoic Terrane Belt. Further landscape evolution was largely determined by the geodynamic behavior of the deep mantle rotating structure occurring below the central part of the region under study. All the mentioned events around and in the Levantine Corridor have been studied in detail on the basis of the combined geodynamic, paleogeographic, and paleomagnetic analyzes performed in northern Israel (Carmel uplift and Galilee plateau). Careful studies of the Evron quarry geological section indicate that it is a unique one for the dating of the marine and continental archaeological sequences and sheds light on the movement of the ancient man along the Levantine Corridor.

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