Department of Geology and Geoenviromment
Library of the School of Science

2020-11-03

2020

Prokopiou Panteleimon
Kafkoula Aikaterini

ΧΑΡΙΚΛΕΙΑ ΝΤΡΙΝΙΑ, ΚΑΘΗΓΗΤΡΙΑ, ΓΕΩΛΟΓΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΓΕΩΠΕΡΙΒΑΛΛΟΝΤΟΣ, ΕΘΝΙΚΟ ΚΑΠΟΔΙΣΤΡΙΑΚΟ ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟ ΑΘΗΝΩΝ

Παλαιοπεριβαλλοντική Ανάλυση του Ανωτέρου Μειοκαίνου της Τομής Χαιρεθιανά, Λεκάνη Χανίων, Κρήτη

Greek

Late Miocene Paleoenvironmental Analysis of the Cherethiana Sequence, Chania Basin, Western Crete

“Kherethiana” is a Neogene sedimentary formation in Western Crete, and more specifically at the North-West territory of the Chania region, in Kissamos bay. This formations ages back to the Messinian era, and extends up to a few meters of strata. The sequence consists of numerous alternations of laminated marls, amorphous marls and marly limestones or clays.
The subject of this projects is the determination and the representation of the paleoenvironmental conditions, that were dominating the area during the Later Miocene, via the use of micropaleontological and sedimentological data in combination with the formation’s mineralogy. The thesis is based on data that were retrieved during field work, which later were elaborated and interpretated so that certain conclusions could be conducted.
According to relevant studies, the environment in which this formation was developed, is known to be a shallow water sedimentation area. This is the main objective that will be confirmed throughout this research. As far as the observation of the foraminifera is concerned, the data suggest that the type of sedimentology should be a deep water environment, although taking in consideration the sedimentological data and the minerology-SEM analysis the conclusion is derived to a more shallow and benthonic water environmental area. What should be under investigation is the reason which the planktonic foraminiferas are so overpopulated for.

Science

: Kherethiana, Chairethiana, Western Crete, Late Miocene, Foraminefera, Paleoenvironment, Minerals, Sedimentology, Neogene

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