Stream deposition in the mediterranean area in historical times


Stream deposition in the mediterranean area in historical times

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ABSTRACT C. VITA-FINZI1 has indicated that stream action during the Middle Ages caused rapid changes synchronously over large areas in the Mediterranean, producing in the valleys a


flat-topped alluvial fill into which the present river channels were later cut. During field-work in western Turkey, I noticed similar deposits in most of the basins even as far north as


Gordion (Polatli) on the Sakarya. Up to now these deposits have not been dated, but a detailed examination of the Küçük Menderes delta (near Ephesus) showed that accumulation of sediment in


the delta mainly occurred during the Hellenistic period (about 300–100 B.C.)2. The sequence of events in the delta could be dated by historical evidence; for a detailed discussion the reader


is referred to the original paper. After a decrease in accumulation during the Roman period, almost no changes occurred from about A.D. 800 up to about 1935, when a canal was cut which


shortened the river considerably and caused some new accumulation near the canal mouth. There is, of course, always the possibility that some time during the Middle Ages accumulation


increased again and was followed by a period of severe marine erosion that obliterated all trace of the medieval accumulation, but this possibility seems to be rather remote, considering the


regularity of the beach ridges that form the present coast. SIMILAR CONTENT BEING VIEWED BY OTHERS ABANDONMENT AND RAPID INFILLING OF A TIDE-DOMINATED DISTRIBUTARY CHANNEL AT 0.7 KA IN THE


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_Nature_, 202, 1324 (1964). Article  ADS  Google Scholar  * Eisma, D., _Tijdschr. Kon. Ned. Aardrk. Gen._, 79, 234 (1962). Google Scholar  Download references AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND


AFFILIATIONS * Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Den Helder, Holland D. EISMA Authors * D. EISMA View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar


RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE EISMA, D. Stream Deposition in the Mediterranean Area in Historical Times. _Nature_ 203, 1061 (1964).


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