Tephrochronostratigraphy and associated research of the Mediterranean

Session

Kos-Yali-Nisyros Volcanic Field

Apr 24, 2025, 9:00 AM

8A-002 - Hörsaal Ostufer / Lecture Hall East (GEOMAR - Standort Ostufer / GEOMAR - East Shore)

Conveners

Kos-Yali-Nisyros Volcanic Field

• Julie Belo (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel)

10. Far-travelled ash megaturbidite fed by shoreline-crossing pyroclastic currents from the Kos Plateau Tuff eruption. IODP Expedition 398, Hellenic Arc Volcanic Field

Tim Druitt (University Clermont-Auvergne)

4/24/25, 9:00 AM

Kos-Yali-Nisyros Volcanic Field

Talk

Explosive eruptions from island volcanoes deliver huge quantities of ash to the marine environment. While many of the transport pathways are understood, those from shoreline-crossing or submarine pyroclastic currents, and the water-supported gravity flows into which they transform, are not. We report the discovery during IODP Expedition 398, of an ash megaturbidite up to 200 m thick buried...

27. Developing Late Quaternary Eastern Mediterranean marine tephrostratigraphy

Shuang Zhang (Royal Holloway University of London)

4/24/25, 9:30 AM

Kos-Yali-Nisyros Volcanic Field

Talk

The Eastern Mediterranean is an important region for palaeoenvironmental research because it is sensitive to a complex pattern of climatic and environmental change, influenced by orbital forcing and multiple feedback mechanisms, during the late Quaternary. The Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in the Levant is characterized by key archaeological shifts. During this period there is also...