Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Περιβάλλοντα Ιζηματογένεσης, Οικοσυστήματα και ΓεωβιοπόροιLibrary of the School of Science
Supervisors info:
Ασημίνα Αντωναράκου, Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Γεωλογίας, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Χαρίκλεια Ντρίνια, Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Γεωλογίας, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Γεώργιος Κοντακιότης, ΕΔΙΠ, Τμήμα Γεωλογίας, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Original Title:
Παλαιοωκεανογραφική μελέτη των προεβαποριτικών ιζημάτων Ανωτέρου Μειοκαίνου της τομής Άγιος Μύρων (Κρήτη-Ανατολική Μεσόγειος)
Translated title:
Palaeoceanographic study of the Pre-Evaporitic Upper Miocene sediments of the Agios Myron section (Crete-Eastern Mediterranean)
Summary:
This dissertation records, in order to understand, the paleo-environmental regime that prevailed in the area of Agios Myronas, in eastern Crete during the Upper Miocene, and more specifically during the Messinian period. This study is a synthesis of results, which is based on the qualitative and quantitative analysis of planktonic foraminifers, sedimentological observations and cyclostratigraphic correlations, as well as geochemical analyzes for the reconstruction of the paleoenvironment of the period. A correlation is made with the very well-studied and dated section of Metochia located on the island of Gavdos with the section under study of Agios Myron. The work also tries to understand the reason why the two sections are different in their lithology. The difference is presented in the existence of diatoms in Metochia, in the upper part of the section, while they are absent from Agios Myron, giving a non-uniformity in the environment of the Eastern Mediterranean basin.
Main subject category:
Science
Keywords:
Agios Myron, Metochia, Crete, Gavdos, Eastern Mediterranean, Diatomites, Marls, Sapropels, Paleontology, Micropeontology, Foraminifera, Paleoenvironment, Chemical Analysis, Isotopic Analysis, Oxygen, Carbon, Productivity, Temperature
