Ionian Sea
Tsunami hazard assessment in the Ionian Sea due to potential tsunamogenic sources – results from numerical simulations
... The western part of the Hellenic arc is one of the most seismi- cally active areas in Greece and the entire Mediterranean re- gion (Makropoulos and Burton, 1981; Jackson and McKen- zie, 1988; Papazachos and Papazachou, ...
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Active faults and historical earthquakes in the Messina Straits area (Ionian Sea)
... the Ionian Sea, where sediments resting on the lower plate have been scraped off and piled up in the accretionary wedge due to the African/Eurasian plate convergence and back arc ...
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Sequence of eruptive events in the Vesuvio area recorded in shallow-water Ionian Sea sediments
... Abstract. The dating of the cores we drilled from the Gal- lipoli terrace in the Gulf of Taranto (Ionian Sea), previously obtained by tephroanalysis, is checked by applying a method to objectively recognize ...
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Distribution and abundance of fish larvae in the northern Ionian Sea (Eastern Mediterranean)
... The study area was the northern Ionian Sea in the Eastern Mediterranean, between the Italian Apulian coast and Greece. During the oceanographic cruise ‘‘INTERREG Italia-Grecia’’, carried out from the 11th ...
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The Bortoluzzi Mud Volcano (Ionian Sea, Italy) and its potential for tracking the seismic cycle of active faults
... the Ionian Sea region as active and even capable of exhuming or contributing to exhuming ser- pentinite domes from the lower plate of the Ionian subduction zone up to the upper plate and the Earth’s ...
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Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and Polychlorobiphenyls in Fish from the Ionian Sea (Western Mediterranean)
... Various samples of 11 fish species (Mullus barbatus, Merluccius merluccius, Solea vulgaris, Helicolenus dac- tylopterus, Polyprion americanum, Lophius piscatorius, Scorpaena scrofa, Euthynnus alletteratus, Seriosa du- ...
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Phytoplankton Communities in a Coastal Site of Natural Reserve “Lake of Tarsia Mouth of River Crati” Northern Ionian Sea, Calabria (Italy)
... and sea and freshwater mixing with salted ones occurs, creating a mo- saic of different habitats (reedbeds, ponds, lagoons, san- dy islands, sandbars, flooded forests) of high natural in- ...
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Assessing the suitability of a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to study the fish community associated with offshore gas platforms in the Ionian Sea: a comparative analysis with underwater visual censuses (UVCs)
... Abstract The effectiveness of a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to describe the fish communities of three gas platforms located offshore Crotone (Italy, Ionian Sea) was investigated by comparing its ...
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Ecological assessment of Juniperus turbinata Guss. forest on the Strofades Islands, Ionian Sea, Greece
... the Ionian Sea exhibit evidence of degradation, mainly due to grazing pressure, the existing rocky and permeable substrate, the lack of soil and, probably, the presence of more com- petitive species, which ...
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Numerical forecast and analysis of a tropical-like cyclone in the Ionian Sea
... the Ionian Sea which reaches the Salen- tine Peninsula too early (between 00:00 and 03:00 UTC, 26 September) and then moves over the Adriatic Sea, quickly dissipating at around 15:00 UTC far from the ...
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The meiofaunal community structure of a Mediterranean lagoon (Gialova lagoon, Ionian Sea)
... the sea appears in all seasons to be a promi- nent factor in explaining the gradients of the meiofau- nal ...open sea and the hydrodynamic pattern of the basin (Guelorget and Perthuisot 1983), has been ...
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Ionian Abyssal Plain: a window into the Tethys oceanic lithosphere
... the Ionian Sea crust has been the subject of scientific debate for more than 30 years, mainly because seismic imaging of the deep crust and upper man- tle of the Ionian Abyssal Plain (IAP) has not ...
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Impact of decadal reversals of the north Ionian circulation on phytoplankton phenology
... north Ionian Sea has been selected as the study area because this region of the eastern Mediterranean Sea has the specificity to experience reversals of its surface circulation at a decadal timescale ...
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Revisiting the Y 3 tephrostratigraphic marker: a new diagnostic glass geochemistry, age estimate, and details on its climatostratigraphical context
... the Ionian Sea Y- 3 tephra illustrates a need for further grain-speci fi c geochemical characterisation of more proximal Tu fi Biancastri eruptive ...the Ionian Sea Y-3 tephra ...the ...
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The Lefkada, Sea (Greece), shock (Mw 6 2) of 14 August 2003: Evidence for the characteristic earthquake from seismicity and ground failures
... On 14 August 2003 a strong earthquake ruptured the cen- tral Ionian Sea, Greece, causing remarkable damage and ground failures on the Lefkada island. The earthquake source, located offshore in the Lefkada ...
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Contribution to the Biology of Parapenaeus longirostris (Lucas, 1846) in the South Ionian and South Adriatic Sea
... on sea bottoms from 150 to 190 m (Jukić, 1975; Županović and Jardas, ...the Ionian Sea) it was ...Adriatic Sea (Montenegrin territorial waters), the demersal fishery takes place on the entire ...
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Ventilation of the Mediterranean Sea constrained by multiple transient tracer measurements
... Adriatic Sea overflow water (ASOW), which have developed their 1/ 0 ratio already at their origin region rather than along the flow ...Aegean Sea source water shows a more advective ...Adriatic Sea ...
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Unique observatories for sea science and particle astrophysics: The EMSO-Antares and EMSO-Western Ionian nodes in the Mediterranean Sea
... Western Ionian Sea area is prone to numerous natural hazard issues due to high seismicity in an area of collision between African and European plates and the presence of the Mount Etna volcano whose roots ...
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Silica cycling in the ultra-oligotrophic eastern Mediterranean Sea
... Abstract. Although silica is a key plant nutrient, there have been few studies aimed at understanding the Si cycle in the eastern Mediterranean Sea (EMS). Here we use a combina- tion of new measurements and ...
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Exploring the Impact of the EU’s Promotion of Regional and Inter regional Processes in the Black Sea Region through Science Diplomacy EL CSID Working paper Issue 2017/7 • September 2017
... initiatives in the Black Sea Region (BSR) have been effective in promoting regional and inter- regional processes. This working paper will as- sess the effectiveness of SD through the analyt- ical tools provided ...
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