Environmental dynamics and sedimentological response: Selected papers

摘要

This volume of Quaternary International includes thirteen papers which discuss various aspects of the dynamics of environmental changes and the sedimentological results (among other findings) across a range of Eurasian sites. The papers in this volume include a wide variety of analytical and dating techniques, involving widely differing spatial extents and time-scales. Mourtzas uses the distribution of beachrock, in combination with inundated port infrastructure, to reconstruct the seafront of Delos, in the central Cyclades. Sea level rise has involved two successive phases of submersion, initially of 1.35 m and subse quently of 0.80 m, resulting from tectonic activity. Transgression locally exceeded 100 m, modifying the geomorphology and submerging the harbour features. Initial subsidence occurred at some time after the destruction and abandonment of Delos, ca. 69 BC. Analysis of the geomorphology and the anthropogenic mate rial incorporated in the beachrocks provides constraints on archae ological reconstructions. This study provides an example of coastal sedimentological and geomorphic response to relatively rapid tectonic subsidence.