The nappe pile of eastern Crete

Baumann, A.; Best, Gerhard; Gwosdz, Werner; Wachendorf, H.

doi:10.1016/0040-1951(76)90184-0

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“…1). The Plattenkalk nappe is the autochthonous nappe in the stratigraphy of Crete and successively all the other nappes are piled in the order described previously (Baumann et al 1976;Dornsiepen et al 2001;Papanikolaou and Vassilakis 2010). Plattenkalk nappe is comprised of cherty limestone with sparse intercalations of shales and silicious beds (30-40 cm).…”

Section: Geological Geomorphological and Hydrological Settingmentioning

confidence: 98%

Sediment provenance, soil development, and carbon content in fluvial and manmade terraces at Koiliaris River Critical Zone Observatory

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Purpose The purpose of this study was the investigation of sediment provenance and soil formation processes within a Mediterranean watershed (Koiliaris CZO in Greece) with particular emphasis on natural and manmade terraces. Material and methods Five sites (K1-K5) were excavated and analyzed for their pedology (profile description), geochemistry [including rare earth elements (REEs) and other trace elements], texture, and mineralogy along with chronological analysis (optical luminescence dating). The selected sites have the common characteristic of being flat terraces while the sites differed with regard to bedrock lithology, elevation, and land use.

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Section: Geological Geomorphological and Hydrological Settingmentioning

confidence: 98%

Sediment provenance, soil development, and carbon content in fluvial and manmade terraces at Koiliaris River Critical Zone Observatory

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“…The stretching is associated with uplift due to the underthrusting and folding in the deeper parts of the nappes (Ten Veen, 1998). During the Eocene/Lower Miocene periods, the nappes moved from North to South at speed of about 1 -2 cm/year (Baumann et al, 1976). This displacement is a form of creeping due to gravity or gravitational strain caused by the diapirism observed in the Cyclades area, which in the last 10 million years has been uplifted about 10 km (Makris, 1976).…”

Section: Geological Settingmentioning

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Computer-assisted discrimination of morphological units on north-central Crete (Greece) by applying multivariate statistics to local relief gradients

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“…Middle Miocene to Recent tectonostratigraphy for central to eastern Crete. The fold axes shown in A are based on Baumann et al . (1976 ), Wachendorf et al .…”

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“…The late Palaeogene to early Neogene crustal thickening on Crete is evident from the age of the pre‐Neogene rock succession ( Creutzburg et al ., 1977 ). The succession consists of a pile of nonmetamorphosed rocks, which overly metamorphosed rocks of the Phyllite–Quarzite Unit ( Creutzburg & Seidel, 1975; Baumann et al ., 1976; Bonneau, 1984) and parautochtonous rocks of the Plattenkalk Series ( Seidel et al ., 1982 ). The Cretan nappes are generally thought to have been stacked from Eocene to middle Miocene times (e.g.…”

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Roll‐back controlled vertical movements of outer‐arc basins of the Hellenic subduction zone (Crete, Greece)

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Postma

1999

Basin Research

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Crustal thickening north of the Hellenic subduction zone continued in the most external zones (e.g. Crete) probably until the late middle Miocene. The following period of predominant extension has been related by various workers to a number of causes such as: (1) trench retreat (roll back) driven by the pull of the African slab and (2) gravitational body forces associated with the thickened crust, both in combination with NNE motion of the African plate combined with westward extrusion of the Anatolian block along the North Anatolian Fault. To verify these hypotheses an inventory of fault orientations and fault-block kinematics was carried out for central and eastern Crete and adjoining offshore areas by combining satellite imagery, digital terrain models, and structural, seismic, sedimentary and stratigraphical field data, all set up in a GIS. The GIS data set enabled easy visualization and combination of data, which resulted in a relatively objective analysis. The geological results are discussed in the light of a numerical model that investigated the intraplate stresses resulting from the above mentioned forces.Our tectonostratigraphic results for the late Neogene of central and eastern Crete show three episodes of basin extension following a period of approximately N-S compression. In the earliest Tortonian, N130E-to N100E-trending normal faults developed, resulting in a roughly planar, arc-parallel fault system aligning strongly asymmetric half-grabens. The early Tortonian to early Messinian period was characterized by an orthogonal fault system of N100E and N020E faults resulting in rectangular grabens and half-grabens. From the late Tortonian to early Pleistocene, deformation occurred along a pattern of closely spaced, left-lateral oblique N075E faults, orientated parallel to the south Cretan trenches. Deformation phases younger than early Pleistocene are dominated by normal to oblique faulting along WSW-ENE (N050E) faults and dextral, oblique motions along NNW-SSE (N160E) faults. Many faults that were generated during previous deformational episodes appear to be reactivated in later periods.Our tectonostratigraphy points to a three step anticlockwise rotation of active fault systems since the late middle Miocene compressional phase. We suggest here that the rotation is associated with a reorganization of the stress field going from SSW-NNE tension in the early late Miocene to NE-SW left-lateral shear in the Quaternary. The rotation is likely to be a response to arc-normal pull forces combined with a progressive increase of the curvature of the arc. During the Pliocene to Recent period, the SSW-ward retreat of the arc and trench system relative to the African plate was accomplished by transform motions in the eastern (Levantine) segment of the Hellenic Arc, resulting in, respectively, NNW-SSE and NE-SW left-lateral shear on Crete. detailed reconstructions of basin architecture through † We define 'fault blocks' here as upper crustal blocks which in parts of central and eastern Crete. The lowermost are boun...

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The nappe pile of eastern Crete

Cited by 20 publications

References 3 publications

Sediment provenance, soil development, and carbon content in fluvial and manmade terraces at Koiliaris River Critical Zone Observatory

Sediment provenance, soil development, and carbon content in fluvial and manmade terraces at Koiliaris River Critical Zone Observatory

Computer-assisted discrimination of morphological units on north-central Crete (Greece) by applying multivariate statistics to local relief gradients

Roll‐back controlled vertical movements of outer‐arc basins of the Hellenic subduction zone (Crete, Greece)

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