Topic
Mer-Égée
About: Mer-Égée is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 5 publications have been published within this topic receiving 509 citations. The topic is also known as: Mer-Egee.
Papers
TL;DR: In this paper, high resolution hydrographic (CTD) data were collected by R.V. Aegaio in the eastern Ionian Sea, south Aegean Sea and northwest Levantine Basin.
Abstract: In the framework of the major multinational coordinated POEM-II-86 (March–April 1986) and POEM-V-87 (September–October 1987) cruises in the Eastern Mediterranean, high resolution hydrographic (CTD) data were collected by R.V. Aegaio in the eastern Ionian Sea, south Aegean Sea and northwest Levantine Basin. The intercalibrated data sets were analyzed objectively for an optimal estimation of the basin's circulation in two different seasons. The analysis reveals a rather complex general circulation pattern consisting of basin, sub-basin and mesoscale features during both study periods. The major results concern the advection of the Modified Atlantic Water (MAW) along its eastward route, the spreading of the Levantine Intermediate Water (LIW) and its trapping by the eddy fields; the interaction between the south Aegean Sea and the eastern Mediterranean; and the reverse circulation in the Cretan Sea during winter and summer. From the hydrography and the dynamic height maps, synthetic schemes show the main circulation features in the two seasons.
197 citations
TL;DR: Over the whole data set the type of substrata proved to be the major factor, whereas depth is the second most important, whereas diversity, species number and density tended to decrease with depth.
Abstract: . Benthic samples were collected from 188 stations distributed over the Aegean and Ionian Seas (Greece, Eastern Mediterranean). Sampled substrata represented a variety of biotopes in soft bottoms with depths ranging from 3 to 380 m. The samples yielded a total of 398 species of polychaetes. Detrended Correspondence Analysis was applied to the whole set of data as well as to three bathymetric groups into which the data was divided. The results showed that in each bathymetric group, different factors determine the spatial distribution of species. Over the whole data set the type of substrata proved to be the major factor, whereas depth is the second most important. Other controlling factors were the substratum type and exposure to hydrodynamism in the shallow group, depth and substratum in the intermediate, and sediment granulometry and depth in the deep one. Diversity, species number and density tended to decrease with depth, while diversity and species number are favoured by coarse material in the sediment.
50 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the spatial consequences of future sea-level rise upon the coastal plains of Greece are examined; in particular, those related to the formation and evolution of the river-deltas.
23 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the Earth has adjusted in several ways to the changing surface-loads it suffers under ice and under weight of water, and their varied consequences are shown for Greece and especially for the Greek coastal plains and the Greek islands.
Abstract: ‘As the glaciation ended, the ice melted and the sea-level rose.’ Yes — but it has not been as simple as that, as the Earth has adjusted in several ways to the changing surface-loads it suffers under ice and under weight of water. The important issues are set out in a simple mathematical treatment, and their varied consequences are shown for Greece and especially for the Greek coastal plains and the Greek islands, where the impact on human settlement has been large.
TL;DR: In the last fifteen years, marine seismic surveys in the Aegean and Ionian Seas have revealed numerous acoustic anomalies; i.e., acoustic turbid zones, gas pockets, gas plumes, enhanced reflectors, columnar disturbances, wipe outs and meso- to micro-morphological features such as pockmarks, domes, mud volcanoes and elongated depressions as mentioned in this paper.
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| 2009 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 |
| 1993 | 2 |