Volcanology and petrology of volcanic products from the island of Milos and neighbouring islets

Fytikas, M.; Innocenti, Fabrizio; Kolios, N.; Manetti, Piero; Mazzuoli, R.; Poli, Guido; Rita, Federico Di; Villari, L.

doi:10.1016/0377-0273(86)90028-4

Cited by 148 publications

(228 citation statements)

References 13 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

199

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…A decrease in the water content interacting with the magma is generally observed in the evolution of the eruptions: they usually start as phreatic and successively evolve into phreatomagmatic and magmatic activity; lava flows close the eruptive cycles (Fytikas et al, 1986).…”

Section: Geological Settingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…From Upper Pliocene Milos was affected by an extensive volcanism, which lasted until late Quaternary (Fytikas et al, 1986). Angelier et al (1977), Bigazzi and Radi (1981), Fytikas et al (1976).…”

Section: Geological Settingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In Trachilas the explosive activity began with the formation of a tuff ring mainly composed by pyroclastic surges; the surge deposits gradually pass to block and lapilli and finally to lava flows (Fytikas et al, 1986;Mitropoulos et al, 1987;Kelepertzis and Kyriakopoulos, 1991;Kyriakopoulos, 1998).…”

Section: Geological Settingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The explosive activity leading to the formation of these tuff rings alternated with effusive episodes producing lava flows which ran to the NW and reached the sea inside the Gulf of Milos (Fytikas et al, 1986), Fig.2.…”

Section: Geological Settingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In some places the hydrothermal activity is expressed by the occurrence of many hot springs (30-85°C), fumaroles (98-102°C), hot grounds (100°C at a depth of 30-40cm) and submarine gas emissions, widespread on and around the island. Fyriplaka volcano is the expression of the most recent volcanic activity on the island and includes fumaroles, solfataras and hot grounds (Fytikas et al, 1986).…”

Section: Geochemistry Of the Gasesmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 4 more Smart Citations

Natural Degassing of Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen Sulphide and Its Environmental Impact at Milos Island, Greece

Kyriakopoulos¹

2017

geosociety

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Section: Geological Settingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Geological Settingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Geological Settingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Geological Settingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Geochemistry Of the Gasesmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 3 more Smart Citations

Natural Degassing of Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen Sulphide and Its Environmental Impact at Milos Island, Greece

Kyriakopoulos¹

2017

geosociety

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Geothermal activity at the archaeological site of Aghia Kyriaki and its significance to Roman industrial mineral exploitation on Melos, Greece

et al. 2003

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The geothermal setting of the archaeological site at Aghia Kyriaki, Southeast Melos (or Milos) was investigated in order to help clarify the possible role of the site in mineral exploitation on Melos in Roman times. There are active sulfurous fumaroles in the area and these were also potential sources of sulfur and alum-group minerals in Roman times. However, geothermal activity has been ongoing in Southeast Melos for hundreds of thousands of years, and extensive hydrothermal alteration of basement rocks to the northeast of the site has produced "white rocks" containing additional potential industrial minerals such as kaolin and alunite. The archaeological remains occur within, but mainly near the surface, of a deeply gullied sequence of late Quaternary alluvial sediments, which consist mainly of metamorphic detritus but are rich in sulfates; the remains contain pottery sherds through the entire sequence of about 40 m. They were deposited on an earlier gullied topography of felsic tuffs overlying the metamorphic basement. Pervasive and veinlike intense reddish alteration of these sediments is probably mainly due to superheated fluid escaping from depth. Field observations demonstrate that this took place after the main phase of building but was likely to be ongoing during occupation of the site. While industrial minerals and geothermal energy would therefore have been available in the Roman period, any relationship of the site to mineral exploitation will have to be determined by archaeological excavation. ᭧

show abstract

Volcanic glass under fire – a comparison of three complementary analytical methods

et al. 2013

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The two obsidian sources from the island of Melos (Greece), Agia Nychia and Demenegakion, are chemically characterized by three complementary analytical techniques. Ion beam analysis (IBA) comprising particle induced X-ray emission and particle induced gamma-ray emission, neutron activation analysis (NAA) and laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) is applied to the same set of geological obsidian samples. The combination of methods allows a more complete characterization of obsidian sources and reveals a highly specific chemical composition, the so-called chemical fingerprint. This multi-methodical approach checks also the self-consistency of the analytical results and shows not only the most reliable and characteristic key elements Co and Sc but also Fe, Ca and Ti of Melos obsidian deposits. NAA contributes the largest number of reliable elements to the most unambiguous chemical fingerprint comprising in total of 41 elements. Therefore, NAA is the most suitable analytical method for a clear identification of Melos obsidian deposits. Moreover, the accuracy of methods is demonstrated by the excellent correspondences (calculated correlation coefficient R-2=1.00 for IBA and NAA, R-2=0.99 for LA-ICP-MS) between determined analytical results obained by IBA, NAA and LA-ICP-MS and certified values of the reference glass BAM-S005B. Copyright (c) 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Peer reviewe

show abstract

Volcanology and petrology of volcanic products from the island of Milos and neighbouring islets

Cited by 148 publications

References 13 publications

Natural Degassing of Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen Sulphide and Its Environmental Impact at Milos Island, Greece

Natural Degassing of Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen Sulphide and Its Environmental Impact at Milos Island, Greece

Geothermal activity at the archaeological site of Aghia Kyriaki and its significance to Roman industrial mineral exploitation on Melos, Greece

Volcanic glass under fire – a comparison of three complementary analytical methods

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About