The Pliocene-Quaternary tecto-sedimentary evolution of the Larissa Plain (Eastern Thessaly, Greece)

Palaeoseismological Investigation of the Gyrtoni Fault (Thessaly, Central Greece)

“…The grain size and the massive structure, with no macroscopic stratification, of the above described units are interpreted as fluvial deposits accumulated by flooding (van Andel et al, 1990) of an abandoned meandering segment of Pinios River that flowed close to the Gyrtoni escarpment in the area of the former Nessonis Lake (Fig. 1b) (Caputo et al, 1994). The part of units 6 and 7 that is close to the fault zone has also colluvial origin.…”

“…The Gyrtoni Fault (GF) is an ESE-WNW-trending, south-dipping normal fault that defines the northeastern boundary of the Quaternary Tyrnavos Basin (Caputo et al, 1994) and is located at a distance of ~13 km from the Larissa, one of the largest cities of Greece. The GF was initially described by Schneider (1968) as an important morphological feature (Gyrtoni terrace) affecting the northern Larissa Plain.…”

“…It was recognized as an active tectonic structure by Caputo (1990) and Caputo and Pavlides (1993). Τhe surface expression of the fault is composed of two right stepping en-echelon fault segments (Caputo, 1995;Caputo et al, 1994) (Fig. 1).…”

“…The Tyrnavos Basin is dominated by E-W to ESE-WNW-trending normal faults developed during Middle-Late Pleistocene as a result of the roughly N-S lithospheric extension affecting the Aegean region (Caputo, 1990;Caputo and Pavlides, 1993), which is still active as denoted by the recent seismicity of the area (Ambraseys and Jackson, 1990;Caputo and Pavlides, 1993;Caputo et al, 1994;Papaioannou, 1988). The west fault segment of the GF offsets Late Pleistocene floodplain deposits (or Niederterrasse, Schneider, 1968) in the footwall block, from Holocene alluvial deposits (Gyrtoni alluvium, Demitrack, 1986;van Andel et al, 1990).…”

The Impact of Rapid Climate Change on Prehistoric Societies during the Holocene in the Eastern Mediterranean

“…However, there is no geomorphologic data available that actually demonstrate the existence of Lake Karla, despite speculations on its geological background (e.g. Caputo et al 1994) and its influence on settlement patterns during prehistoric peri- …”