Sedimentary History and Paleogeography of the Late Cenozoic of the Island of Rhodos

Meulenkamp, J.E.; Mulder, E.F.J. de; Weerd, A. van de

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“…Below the Rhodes Synthem, the Kritika Formation (~180 m thickness) is composed of brackish to shallow marine siliciclastic deposits considered either as Piacenzian-Gelasian (Sissingh, 1972;Benda et al, 1977;Moissette et al, 2016) or Calabrian (Thomsen et al, 2001;Rasmussen et al, 2005). Within the Rhodes Synthem, the Kolymbia Formation (4e20 m thickness) is composed of lower offshore (~30e120 m paleo-water depth; Steinthorsdottir et al, 2006) bioclastic limestones, which have been Meulenkamp et al, 1972) and (B) simplified geological map of Rhodes (modified from Mutti et al, 1970), with location of the sections/outcrops of the Lindos Bay Formation studied or mentioned in this paper. Hanken et al (1996) Cornée et al…”

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“…Titschack et al estimated as Piacenzian (Løvlie et al,1989) or Gelasian (Hanken et al, 1996;Corn ee et al, 2006a) or Gelasian to Calabrian (Titschack et al, 2013). The Lindos Bay Formation (LBF; 45 m maximum thickness; Vasfi Formation in Meulenkamp et al, (1972)), on which this study is focused, is composed of hemipelagic blue-grey calcareous to silty clays that record the most pronounced tectonic drowning of the eastern part of Rhodes, with a maximum paleo-water depth estimated at 300e600 m (Moissette and Spjeldnaes, 1995). Deposition of the LBF has been estimated to have occurred either from the Piacenzian to the Ionian (Løvlie et al, 1989), from the late Gelasian to the early Calabrian (Corn ee et al, 2006a(Corn ee et al, , 2006b, from the Calabrian to the early Ionian (Titschack et al, 2013) or during the late Calabrian (Thomsen et al, 2001).…”

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Chronostratigraphy of uplifted Quaternary hemipelagic deposits from the Dodecanese island of Rhodes (Greece)

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An integrated magneto-biostratigraphic study, based on calcareous nannofossils and foraminifers, together with the radiometric dating of a volcaniclastic layer found in several outcrops, was carried out on the hemipelagic deposits of the Lindos Bay Formation (LBF) at six localities on the island of Rhodes (Greece). Our highly refined chronostratigraphic framework indicates that the lower and upper lithos-tratigraphic boundaries of the LBF are diachronous. Associated with the40Ar/39Ar age determination of 1.85 ± 0.08 Ma for the volcaniclastic layer, our data show that among the investigated outcrops, the Lindos Bay type locality section provides the longest record (1.1 Ma) of the LBF. Hemipelagic deposition occurred continuously from the late Gelasian (~1.9 Ma) to the late Calabrian (~0.8 Ma), i.e., from Chrons C2n (Olduvai) to C1r.1r (Matuyama) and from nannofossil Zones CNPL7 to CNPL10. This long record, together with the hemipelagic nature of the deposits, make the Lindos Bay type locality section a unique element in the eastern Mediterranean region, allowing future comparisons with other early Quaternary deep-sea sections available in the central and western Mediterranean regions.

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Section: Lithostratigraphic and Chronostratigraphic Backgroundmentioning

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Chronostratigraphy of uplifted Quaternary hemipelagic deposits from the Dodecanese island of Rhodes (Greece)

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“…They have been the subject of various sedimentological, stratigraphical and palaeontological studies (e.g. Meulenkamp, de Mulder & van de Weerd, 1972; Hanken, Bromley & Miller, 1996; Cornée et al 2006 a , b ; Titschack et al 2013). However, the siliciclastic sediments of the Kritika Formation have received much less attention (Broekman, 1973, 1974; Hajjaji et al 1998; Cornée et al 2006 a ; Moissette et al 2007; Lécuyer et al 2012).…”

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“…However, the siliciclastic sediments of the Kritika Formation have received much less attention (Broekman, 1973, 1974; Hajjaji et al 1998; Cornée et al 2006 a ; Moissette et al 2007; Lécuyer et al 2012). Following the works of Meulenkamp, de Mulder & van de Weerd (1972), Hanken, Bromley & Miller (1996), Nelson et al (2001) and Titschack et al (2013), the Kritika deposits are assigned to the Kritika Formation. With an estimated thickness of c .…”

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Figure 1. (a) Location map of the island of Rhodes in the eastern Mediterranean and schematical outcrop map of the Neogene–Quaternary deposits of Rhodes with location of the studied sections. Modified from Meulenkamp, de Mulder & van de Weerd (1972) and Hanken, Bromley & Miller (1996). Red line: approximate location of the continental–marine transition within the Kritika Formation (open sea to the east); red arrow: main current direction.…”

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Facies associations in warm-temperate siliciclastic deposits: insights from early Pleistocene eastern Mediterranean (Rhodes, Greece)

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International audienceDiverse, abundant and usually well-preserved communities of skeletal organisms occur in the lower Pleistocene (Gelasian) siliciclastic deposits of the Greek island of Rhodes. Benthic foraminifers, molluscs and bryozoans have been studied in four measured and sampled sections located in the northern part of the island. Among these bottom-dwelling organisms, numerous extant taxa are good environmental indicators and, combined with field observations and sedimentological data, they provide information on the probable conditions in which they developed. The siliciclastic deposits of the Kritika Formation have been divided into 14 different bio- and lithofacies, which have been further grouped into four facies associations corresponding to four different environmental settings: (1) continental to fluviatile; (2) brackish-water (lagoonal/deltaic); (3) infralittoral (0–20 m); and (4) upper circalittoral (depths of 20–40 m, but also down to c. 50–60 m). Among the marine facies associations, several characteristic biocoenoses have been recognized: soft-bottoms (fine to coarse sands and gravels); seagrass meadows; biogenic calcareous crusts on drowned beachrock slabs; red algal rhodoliths; and bivalve shell beds. In the studied sections, 13 superimposed genetic sequences have been documented. The repetition of similar facies associations within each sequence suggests: (1) a possibly eustasy-controlled, cyclic sedimentation; (2) a general subsidence of Rhodes during the deposition of the studied facies associations; and (3) a mostly constant range of environmental conditions (i.e. sedimentation rates and temperature) throughout the Gelasian

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Plio-Pleistocene sedimentation in coastal grabens, north-east Rhodes, Greece

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The stratigraphy of marine Plio-Pleistocene sediments from northeast Rhodes (Dodecanese islands, Greece) is revised in the light of facies mapping and the recognition of three major transgression-regression cycles. Before late Pliocene submergence, metamorphosed Mesozoic limestones formed a high-relief karstic landscape. During subsequent transgressions, subsiding basins with spectacular cliffed and bioeroded margins were infilled by a mosaic of cdrbonatedominated sediments, sourced by high rates of carbonate productivity on narrow shelves rimming the basins and their drowning islands. Periods of relative sea-level fall superimposed a complex series of 'fossil' coastal geomorphological features such as cliffs, abrasion platforms, surf caves, notches, boulder beaches and palaeokarsts. These created the rugged present day topography of the iskdnd's northeast coast.Three main lithostratigraphic units, the Kritika, Rhodes and Lindos Acropolis Formations, are defined. The Rhodes and Lindos Acropolis Formations are subdivided into mappable facies groups rather than members, as the lithofacies are strongly diachronous. The Kritika and Rhodes Formations were each subaerially exposed and partly eroded before re-transgression. Although there is a general pattern of lithological succession, details vary across the study area and some facies groups are restricted in development, indicating differences in tectonic behaviour and palaeogeomorphology between neighbouring basins. A preliminary process-response model is presented for the sedimentation history of the Rhodes and Lindos Acropolis Formations, using sedimentological, palaeontological, palaeoecological and ichnological data.

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Sedimentary History and Paleogeography of the Late Cenozoic of the Island of Rhodos

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Chronostratigraphy of uplifted Quaternary hemipelagic deposits from the Dodecanese island of Rhodes (Greece)

Chronostratigraphy of uplifted Quaternary hemipelagic deposits from the Dodecanese island of Rhodes (Greece)

Facies associations in warm-temperate siliciclastic deposits: insights from early Pleistocene eastern Mediterranean (Rhodes, Greece)

Plio-Pleistocene sedimentation in coastal grabens, north-east Rhodes, Greece

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