Unit:
Τομέας Ιστορικής Γεωλογίας και ΠαλαιοντολογίαςLibrary of the School of Science
Author:
Μαντζούκα Δήμητρα
Dissertation committee:
Καρακίτσιος Βασίλειος Καθηγητής
Original Title:
Research of the Cenophytic Palaeoflora of the Eastern Mediterranean (Lesbos, Lemnos, Alonissos, Gavdos Islands)
Translated title:
Έρευνα της παλαιοχλωρίδας του Καινοφυτικού στην Ανατολική Μεσόγειο (Νήσοι: Λέσβος, Λήμνος, Αλόννησος, Γαύδος)
Summary:
The presence of plant (macro) fossils in Greece is known since ancient times
and is of high significance by the Greek and International scientific community
because of: their age, the species and plant organs diversity and the
information about the palaeoenvironment and paleoclimate which can be excluded.
The present work is dealing with: the research for new plant fossiliferous
localities of Cenophytic age at the Eastern Mediterranean (Lesbos, Lemnos,
Alonissos, Gavdos Islands), the study of the new findings under the perspective
of palaeobotanical analysis (petrified wood anatomy with the usage of
microscope, study of leaves imprints) and use of older (method of the Nearest
Living Relative) and new methodologies (e.g., CLAMP, IPR) in order to export
significant conclusions about the geological history of the Eastern
Mediterranean and of Greece.
Keywords:
Palaeobotany, Plant macrofossils, Fossil wood anatomy, Modern wood anatomy, Leaves’ imprints
Number of references:
270