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Late Quaternary Fluvial Sedimentation in the Voidomatis Basin, Epirus, Northwest Greece

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

John Lewin ,
Mark G. Macklin  and
Jamie C. Woodward
John Lewin
Affiliation:
Institute of Earth Studies, UCW, Aberystwyth, Llandinam Building, Penglais, Aberystwyth SY23 3DB, UK
Mark G. Macklin
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
Jamie C. Woodward
Affiliation:
The Godwin Laboratory, Sub-department of Quaternary Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3RS, UK
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Abstract

Detailed morpho- and lithostratigraphic investigations, allied with radiometric dating, in the Voidomatis basin, Epirus, northwest Greece, have identified four Quaternary terraced alluvial fills that range from middle Pleistocene to historic in age. Major-periods of alluviation during the late Quaternary were associated with valley glaciation (ca. 26,000–20,000 yr B.P.) and subsequent deglaciation (ca. 20,000–15,000 yr B.P.) in the Pindus Mountains during Late Würmian times, and more recently linked to overgrazing sometime before the 11th century AD. The late Quaternary alluvial stratigraphy of the Voidomatis River is more complex than the “Older Fill” and “Younger Fill” model outlined previously, and it is suggested that these terms should no longer form the basis for defining alluvial stratigraphic units in the Mediterranean Basin.

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Quaternary Research , Volume 35 , Issue 1 , January 1991 , pp. 103 - 115
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University of Washington

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