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A New Consideration About the Almopia-Paikon Boundary Based on the Geological Mapping in the Area of Nerostoma-Lakka (Central Macedonia, Greece)
Δελτίο της Ελληνικής Γεωλογικής Εταιρίας τομ. ΧΧΧΧ, Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece vol. XXXX, 2007 2007 Proceedings of the 11th International Congress, Athens, May, Πρακτικά 11ou Διεθνούς Συνεδρίου, Αθήνα, Μάιος 2007 2007 A NEW CONSIDERATION ABOUT THE ALMOPIA-PAIKON BOUNDARY BASED ON THE GEOLOGICAL MAPPING IN THE AREA OF NEROSTOMA-LAKKA (CENTRAL MACEDONIA, GREECE) Tranos M. D. \ Plougarlis A. P.!, and Mountrakis D. Μ.l 1 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Geology, Department of Geology, GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Abstract Geological mapping along the boundary of Almopia and Paikon zone in the 'Nerostoma' region, NNW of Lakka village defines mafic volcanogenic rocL·, meta-pelites and radiolarites, thick-bedded to massive micritic limestones and flysch meta-sediments that dip mainly towards SW. Middle-Late Cretaceous fossiliferous limestones overlie unconformably the flysch meta-sediments and are characterised only by a primary foliation SO that dips at shallow angles to the NNW-N. Secondary foliations SI (sub-parallel to SO) and S2 are observed in the meta-clastic rocks. A Dl event caused Fl and progressively F2 folds to which S2 is the axial plane schistosity dipping to SW. This event which has not affected the fossiliferous limestones is related to an oblique convergence or inclined transpression during the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous. A D2 event dated in Early Tertiary caused an intense NE-thrusting and S-C cataclastic fabric defining top-to-the NE sense-of-shear. At many parts, the unconformity contact between the fossiliferous limestones and the underlying flysch is obliterated by this thrusting event. -
For Municipal Solid Waste Management in Greece
Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity Article Description and Economic Evaluation of a “Zero-Waste Mortar-Producing Process” for Municipal Solid Waste Management in Greece Alexandros Sikalidis 1,2 and Christina Emmanouil 3,* 1 Amsterdam Business School, Accounting Section, University of Amsterdam, 1012 WX Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2 Faculty of Economics, Business and Legal Studies, International Hellenic University, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece 3 School of Spatial Planning and Development, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +30-2310-995638 Received: 2 July 2019; Accepted: 19 July 2019; Published: 23 July 2019 Abstract: The constant increase of municipal solid wastes (MSW) as well as their daily management pose a major challenge to European countries. A significant percentage of MSW originates from household activities. In this study we calculate the costs of setting up and running a zero-waste mortar-producing (ZWMP) process utilizing MSW in Northern Greece. The process is based on a thermal co-processing of properly dried and processed MSW with raw materials (limestone, clay materials, silicates and iron oxides) needed for the production of clinker and consequently of mortar in accordance with the Greek Patent 1003333, which has been proven to be an environmentally friendly process. According to our estimations, the amount of MSW generated in Central Macedonia, Western Macedonia and Eastern Macedonia and Thrace regions, which is conservatively estimated at 1,270,000 t/y for the year 2020 if recycling schemes in Greece are not greatly ameliorated, may sustain six ZWMP plants while offering considerable environmental benefits. This work can be applied to many cities and areas, especially when their population generates MSW at the level of 200,000 t/y, hence requiring one ZWMP plant for processing. -
The Statistical Battle for the Population of Greek Macedonia
XII. The Statistical Battle for the Population of Greek Macedonia by Iakovos D. Michailidis Most of the reports on Greece published by international organisations in the early 1990s spoke of the existence of 200,000 “Macedonians” in the northern part of the country. This “reasonable number”, in the words of the Greek section of the Minority Rights Group, heightened the confusion regarding the Macedonian Question and fuelled insecurity in Greece’s northern provinces.1 This in itself would be of minor importance if the authors of these reports had not insisted on citing statistics from the turn of the century to prove their points: mustering historical ethnological arguments inevitably strengthened the force of their own case and excited the interest of the historians. Tak- ing these reports as its starting-point, this present study will attempt an historical retrospective of the historiography of the early years of the century and a scientific tour d’horizon of the statistics – Greek, Slav and Western European – of that period, and thus endeavour to assess the accuracy of the arguments drawn from them. For Greece, the first three decades of the 20th century were a long period of tur- moil and change. Greek Macedonia at the end of the 1920s presented a totally different picture to that of the immediate post-Liberation period, just after the Balkan Wars. This was due on the one hand to the profound economic and social changes that followed its incorporation into Greece and on the other to the continual and extensive population shifts that marked that period. As has been noted, no fewer than 17 major population movements took place in Macedonia between 1913 and 1925.2 Of these, the most sig- nificant were the Greek-Bulgarian and the Greek-Turkish exchanges of population under the terms, respectively, of the 1919 Treaty of Neuilly and the 1923 Lausanne Convention. -
SWOT Analysis
Military Assets as Public Spaces Integrated Action Plan on the Re-Use of Ex-Military Assets in the City of Serres Serres, May 2018 Contents Chapter 1: Assessment ...................................................................................................................................... 4 1.1 General info ............................................................................................................................................. 4 1.1.1 Location, history, key demographics, infrastructure, economy and employment ........................... 4 1.1.2 Planning, land uses and cultural assets in the city ........................................................................... 8 1.2 Vision of Serres ...................................................................................................................................... 11 1.3 The military camps in Serres .................................................................................................................. 12 1.3.1 Project Area 1: Papalouka former military camp ............................................................................ 14 1.3.2 Project area 2: Emmanouil Papa former military camp.................................................................. 18 1.3.3 The Legislative Framework ............................................................................................................. 21 1.3.4 The particularities of the military assets in Serres .......................................................................... 22 -
Rabiesrabies Eradicationeradication Programprogram 20142014
GreekGreek RabiesRabies EradicationEradication ProgramProgram 20142014 Directorate General of Sustainable Animal Production & Veterinary Services Animal Health Directorate Department of Zoonoses Brussels 9-10 September 2015 Epidemiological situation 9 May 2014: Detection of the last rabies case in a fox in the Regional Unit of Pella No further cases have been identified RabiesRabies CasesCases 20122012--todaytoday Regional Unit Animal Rabies Cases Kilkis**F 18 FAT & PCR Positive : 48 Pella* F 10 Serres* 1 40 2014 Thessaloniki*F 10 5 Kozani F 2 1 Trikala*F 5 Larisa* 1 * Domestic animal 2 ** Livestock Kastoria* 1 F fox(es) RabiesRabies CasesCases GreeceGreece -- 20142014 http://www.who-rabies-bulletin.org/Queries/Maps.aspx PassivePassive SurveillanceSurveillance datadata 20122012--JuneJune 20152015 Year Number of Samples 2012 237 2013 587 Annual target : 1100 2014 410 2015 (first semester) 138 PassivePassive SurveillanceSurveillance (total)(total) -- 20142014 PassivePassive SurveillanceSurveillance (domestic(domestic-- wildwild--bats)bats) -- 20142014 PassivePassive SurveillanceSurveillance samplessamples collectedcollected perper RegionalRegional UnitUnit (2014)(2014) Passive Surveillance – 2014 340 out of 410 animal samples (nervous tissue samples) belonged to indicatorsindicators ¾clinical signs ¾abnormal behaviour suspect of rabies ¾ found dead ¾ road kills ¾animals involved in human exposure In the remaining animals the cause of sampling was not mentioned or it was mentioned that the animal had been found poisoned Oral Red Foxes Vaccination -
UCLA Electronic Theses and Dissertations
UCLA UCLA Electronic Theses and Dissertations Title Cremation, Society, and Landscape in the North Aegean, 6000-700 BCE Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8588693d Author Kontonicolas, MaryAnn Emilia Publication Date 2018 Peer reviewed|Thesis/dissertation eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Los Angeles Cremation, Society, and Landscape in the North Aegean, 6000 – 700 BCE A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Archaeology by MaryAnn Kontonicolas 2018 © Copyright by MaryAnn Kontonicolas 2018 ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION Cremation, Society, and Landscape in the North Aegean, 6000 – 700 BCE by MaryAnn Kontonicolas Doctor of Philosophy in Archaeology University of California, Los Angeles, 2018 Professor John K. Papadopoulos, Chair This research project examines the appearance and proliferation of some of the earliest cremation burials in Europe in the context of the prehistoric north Aegean. Using archaeological and osteological evidence from the region between the Pindos mountains and Evros river in northern Greece, this study examines the formation of death rituals, the role of landscape in the emergence of cemeteries, and expressions of social identities against the backdrop of diachronic change and synchronic variation. I draw on a rich and diverse record of mortuary practices to examine the co-existence of cremation and inhumation rites from the beginnings of farming in the Neolithic period -
List of Designated Points of Import in Greece
List of Designated Points of Import for Food in Greece 1. Port of Pireus . Warehouse PCDC, Pireus Consolidation and Distribution Center, N.Ikonio, Perama Attikis . Warehouse C4, Pireus Port Authority SA, N.Ikonio, Perama Attikis . Warehouse C3 and C5 of Pireus Port Organisation SA, Keratsini Attikis CA: Regional Center for Plant Protection, Quality and Phytosanitary Control of Attiki tel: (+30) 2104002850 / 2104326819/ 2104000219 Fax: (+30) 2104009997 email: [email protected] 2 Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” Building 26A, Athens International Airport, Spata Attikis CA: Regional Center for Plant Protection, Quality and Phytosanitary Control of Attiki tel: (+30) 2103538456 / 2104002850 / 2104326819/ 2104000219 Fax: (+30) 2103538457, 2104009997 email: [email protected] / [email protected] 3 Athens Customs of Athens, Metamorfosi Attikis CA: Regional Center for Plant Protection, Quality and Phytosanitary Control of Attiki tel: (+30) 2104002850 / 2104326819/ 2104000219 Fax: (+30) 2104009997 email: [email protected] 4 Port of Thessaloniki APENTOMOTIRIO, 26th Octovriou, Gate 12, p.c.54627, Organismos Limena Thessalonikis CA: Regional Center for Plant Protection, Quality and Phytosanitary Control of Thessaloniki tel: (+30) 2310547749 Fax: (+30) 2310476663 / 2310547749 email: [email protected] 5 Thessaloniki International Airport “Makedonia” Thermi, Thessaloniki CA: Regional Center for Plant Protection, Quality and Phytosanitary Control of Thessaloniki tel: (+30) 2310547749 Fax: (+30) 2310476663 / 2310547749 email: -
The GEOLOGY of ALMOPIA SPELEOPARK
Scientific Annals, School of Geology Special volume 98 27-31 Thessaloniki, 2006 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) THE GEOLOGY OF ALMOPIA SPELEOPARK George ElEftHEriadis1 Abstract: The Almopia Speleopark is located on the boundary of two geological zones: the Almopia (Axios) zone eastwards and the Pelagonian zone westwards. The Almopia zone in the area of study is comprised of metamorphic rocks (schists, marbles and cipolines), ophiolites, limestones and clastic formations whereas the Pelagonian zone consist of carbonate rocks of Triassic-Jurassic age, sediments of Upper Cretaceous age and flysch of Upper Maastrictian-Lower Paleocene. In the area there are also travertine deposits of signifi- cant quantity and excellent quality. The seismicity in the area can be considered as not significant. Key words: Almopia, Speleopark, geology, volcanology, seismicity. INTRODUCTION The Almopia area geotectonicaly belongs to the Almopia zone, which together with the Peonia and Paikon zones constitute the old Axios (Vardar) zone (Μercier, 1968). The Axios zone Kossmat,( 1924) is situated between the Pelagonian massif to the west and the Serbo-Macedonian massif to the east. The Almopia and Peonia zones, con- stituting the westernmost and easternmost parts of the Axios zone, respectively, were deep-water oceans sepa- rated by the shallow ocean of the Paikon zone, consisting of thick carbonate rocks of mainly Triassic to Cretaceous age.The Almopia zone is characterized by huge masses of ophiolites (Bebien et al., 1994). The Almopia zone was deformed during two oro- genic periods: the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous and the Upper Cretaceous-Middle Eocene. During the first period the Almopia ocean closed, the Almopia zone emerged temporary until the Middle-Upper Cretaceous transgression and the ophiolitic rocks overthrusted on the Pelagonian platform westwards (Μercier, 1968). -
Wetlands Management in Northern Greece: an Empirical Survey
water Article Wetlands Management in Northern Greece: An Empirical Survey Eleni Zafeiriou 1,* , Veronika Andrea 2 , Stilianos Tampakis 3 and Paraskevi Karanikola 2 1 Department of Agricultural Development, Democritus University of Thrace, GR68200 Orestiada, Greece 2 Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources, Democritus University of Thrace, GR68200 Orestiada, Greece; [email protected] (V.A.); [email protected] (P.K.) 3 School of Forestry, Department of Forestry and Natural Environment, Faculty of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +30-6932-627-501 Received: 29 September 2020; Accepted: 9 November 2020; Published: 13 November 2020 Abstract: Water management projects have an important role in regional environmental protection and socio-economic development. Environmental policies, strategies, and special measures are designed in order to balance the use and non-use values arising for the local communities. The region of Serres in Northern Greece hosts two wetland management projects—the artificial Lake Kerkini and the re-arrangement of Strymonas River. The case study aims to investigate the residents’ views and attitudes regarding these two water resources management projects, which significantly affect their socio-economic performance and produce several environmental impacts for the broader area. Simple random sampling was used and, by the application of reality and factor analyses along with the logit model support, significant insights were retrieved. The findings revealed that gender, age, education level, and marital status affect the residents’ perceived values for both projects and their contribution to local growth and could be utilized in policy making for the better organization of wetland management. -
First Announcement
First Announcement www.icd2019.gr Welcome Address Dear Colleagues and Friends, It is a distinct privilege and honor for me to be invited to serve as President of the ICD- European Section for the year 2018-2019 and to have the pleasure to host the 64th Annual Meeting of the European Section in my hometown, Thessaloniki Greece. Thessaloniki, which is also called the “nymph of Thermaic Gulf”, is the second largest city and port in Greece with about one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, located in central Northern Greece at the northwestern corner of the Aegean Sea and in the vicinity of the beautiful resort area Chalkidiki. Thessaloniki is also Greece’s second major economic, industrial, commercial and political centre; it is a major transportation hub for Greece and southeastern Europe, notably through its port. Thessaloniki was founded in 315 BC by Cassander (Kassandros) and was named after his wife, a half-sister of Alexander the Great, Thessalonike. The city is counting nowadays 2333 years of history. It was an important metropolis during the Roman Empire period and the second largest and wealthiest city of the Byzantine Empire after Constantinople. It was conquered by the Ottomans in 1430, and passed from the Ottoman Empire to Greece on November 8, 1912. The city is renowned for its festivals, events, good food and vibrant cultural life in general and is considered to be Greece’s cultural capital. International events such as the “Thessaloniki International Trade Fair” and the “Thessaloniki International Film Festival” are held annually. Thessaloniki is also home to numerous notable Byzantine monuments, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as well as several Roman, Ottoman and Sephardic Jewish structures. -
The Shaping of the New Macedonia (1798-1870)
VIII. The shaping of the new Macedonia (1798-1870) by Ioannis Koliopoulos 1. Introduction Macedonia, both the ancient historical Greek land and the modern geographical region known by that name, has been perhaps one of the most heavily discussed countries in the world. In the more than two centuries since the representatives of revolutionary France introduced into western insular and continental Greece the ideas and slogans that fostered nationalism, the ancient Greek country has been the subject of inquiry, and the object of myth-making, on the part of archaeologists, historians, ethnologists, political scientists, social anthropologists, geographers and anthropogeographers, journalists and politicians. The changing face of the ancient country and its modern sequel, as recorded in the testimonies and studies of those who have applied themselves to the subject, is the focus of this present work. Since the time, two centuries ago, when the world’s attention was first directed to it, the issue of the future of this ancient Greek land – the “Macedonian Question” as it was called – stirred the interest or attracted the involvement of scientists, journalists, diplomats and politicians, who moulded and remoulded its features. The periodical cri- ses in the Macedonian Question brought to the fore important researchers and generated weighty studies, which, however, with few exceptions, put forward aspects and charac- teristics of Macedonia that did not always correspond to the reality and that served a variety of expediencies. This militancy on the part of many of those who concerned themselves with the ancient country and its modern sequel was, of course, inevitable, given that all or part of that land was claimed by other peoples of south-eastern Europe as well as the Greeks. -
04; DIA- Sion of Previous Assumptions on the Geometry, Kinemat- Ics and the Tectonic Evolution of This Part of Northern MANTOPOULOS, 2004; OCAKOGLOU Et Al., 2005)
Geologia Croatica 59/1 85–96 8 Figs. ZAGREB 2006 Plio–Quaternary Geometry and Kinematics of Ptolemais Basin (Northern Greece): Implications for the Intra-Plate Tectonics in Western Macedonia Anastasios DIAMANTOPOULOS Key words: Progressive shear strain, Intra-plate tec- Western Macedonia in Northern Greece. New structural tonics, Ptolemais Basin, Western Macedonia, North- data, observed in the Ptolemais basin are presented in ern Greece. order to elucidate the principal deformation styles and mechanisms in this area (Fig. 1). Distribution of defor- mational structures, the geometry and kinematics of Abstract deformation, and a new kinematic model for the Ptol- An integrated structural study of the Ptolemais basin of Northern Greece allows assessment of deformation processes and their impli- emais basin are also addressed. Finally, an integrated cation in the Pliocene–Quaternary structural evolution of this part of evaluation of new data and their implications allows a Western Macedonia. Normal and reverse faults within Plio–Quater- new improved comprehension of intra-plate tectonics of nary sediments, NE–SW striking anticlines in both Plio–Quaternary Western Macedonia. sediments and pre-Tertiary basement-units, torsions and deforma- tion partitioning, highlight the particular characteristics of intra-plate deformation. Field investigations and drilling data infer the conclusion 1.1. Previous studies and that intra-plate processes were governed by progressive shear strain target of this work during the Plio–Quaternary. A new kinematic model for the develop- ment of the Ptolemais basin is proposed, showing the importance of Previous studies of the Ptolemais basin by PAVLIDES progressive shear strain. (1985), DOUTSOS & KOUKOUVELAS (1998), MOUNTRAKIS et al. (1999), and GOLDSWORTHY & JACKSON (2000) provided an insight into the impor- tance of active faults and their role in the geomorphol- ogy and seismology of this basin.