Ups and downs in western Crete (Hellenic subduction zone)

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 4; no. 1; p. 5677
• Main Authors: Tiberti, Mara Monica, Basili, Roberto, Vannoli, Paola
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 14.07.2014; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 140/58; 704/2151/213; 704/2151/215; 704/2151/562; Accretion disks; Basins; Holocene; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Pleistocene; Radiocarbon dating; Science; Seismic activity; Shorelines; Crete

Studies of past sea-level markers are commonly used to unveil the tectonic history and seismic behavior of subduction zones. We present new evidence on vertical motions of the Hellenic subduction zone as resulting from a suite of Late Pleistocene - Holocene shorelines in western Crete (Greece). Shor...