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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

ΓΕΩΛΟΓΙΚΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΥΔΡΟΓΕΩΛΟΓΙΚΕΣ ΣΥΝΘΗΚΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΠΕΡΙΟΧΗΣ ΤΟΥ ΤΟΠΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΟΥ ΦΥΛΛΟΥ "ΜΟΧΟΣ" (ΚΕΝΤΡΟΑΝΑΤΟΛΙΚΗ ΚΡΗΤΗ)

Abstract

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THIS THESIS DEALS WITH THE GEOLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA COVERED BY THE TOPOGRAPHIC SHEET "MOCHOS" (SCALE 1 : 50,000), AT THE CENTRAL-EASTERN CRETE. THE GEOTECTONIC UNITS CONTRIBUTING TO THE GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF THE STUDY AREA ARE: A) CRETA-MANI UNIT (IDI ZONE OR TALEA ORI GROUP), B) PHYLLITE-QUARTZITE, C) TRIPOLITZA UNIT, D) PINDOS UNIT AND NEOGENE AND QUARTERNARY DEPOSITS. THE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE GEOTECTONIC UNITS HAS BEEN DETERMINED THROUGH SYNTHESIS OF NUMEROUS STRATIGRAPHIC CROSS-SECTIONS; BESIDES THE PALAEOGEOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS OF THE TRIPOLITZA AND PINDOS UNITS HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AND SPECIAL MENTION IS GIVEN TO NEOGENE DEPOSITS OF PECULIAR COMPOSITIONS WHICH CROP OUT ATHIGH ALTITUDES (UP TO 14OO M). SOME VARISKAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS ARE DESCRIBED; THEY HAVE BEEN FOUND, FOR THE FIRST TIME, INSIDE THE PHYLLITE-QUARTZITE UNIT ATCENTRAL-EASTERN CRETE AND SOME CONCLUSIONS HAS BEEN ARRIVED AT, CONCERNING THENATURE (WHAT IT REPRESENTS) OF THE PQ UNIT, AT THE STUDY AREA AT LEAST.

Degree

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Grantor dc:publisher
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Year dc:date
1990

Author and committee

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Authors dc:creator
  • Αλεξόπουλος, Απόστολος
  • Alexopoulos, Apostolos

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
gre

Identifiers

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Identifier
10.12681/eadd/1633
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:10442/1633

Chain of custody

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2026-07-24
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citation

Αλεξόπουλος, Απόστολος; Alexopoulos, Apostolos. ΓΕΩΛΟΓΙΚΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΥΔΡΟΓΕΩΛΟΓΙΚΕΣ ΣΥΝΘΗΚΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΠΕΡΙΟΧΗΣ ΤΟΥ ΤΟΠΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΟΥ ΦΥΛΛΟΥ "ΜΟΧΟΣ" (ΚΕΝΤΡΟΑΝΑΤΟΛΙΚΗ ΚΡΗΤΗ). National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/1633