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Research on Mount Olympus Besides captivating Ancient Greeks imagination that ultimately gave birth to Ancient Greek Mythology and religion, Mount Olympus has also been the subject of scientific questioning and reasoning since antiquity. Panoramic view from Mount Olympus highest summit, Mytikas or Pantheon at c. 2918m asl. (Photo © Olympus-Climbing.gr) Diffuse information point to increased interest for Mount Olympus herbs from Ancient Greeks as well as from Ancient Egyptians. The first topographic mission concerning Mount Olympus elevation is ascribed to geographer Xenagoras (1st century AD), whose estimates were not far from modern measurements. Next known cartographic reconnaissance was realized 1700 years later by the British Navy in their overall attempt to construct the first maps of Greece. In AD 1831, British officer R. N. Coperland estimated the elevation of Mount Olympus at 2973m asl. Similar estimates th are illustrated in other maps constructed during the 19 century AD (information is from Nikos Nezis book Olympus, edited from Hellenic Climbing & Mountaineering Federation, 2000, in Greek). Mount Olympus most popular flora species including 25 endemics (Illustration © Giannis Beinas) th During the same period (19 century AD), many botanists rushed on Mount Olympus to study its rich flora. In AD 1836, French researcher R. Aucher-Eloy visited Mount Olympus to collect herbs and in AD 1851 the first endemic species were recorded by German botanist Th. Heldreich. By the turn of the 20th century, research on Mount Olympus obtained a multidisciplinary color as many botanists, geologists and topographers set foot on its higher slopes to provide the first detailed scientific reports about flora, fauna and geology together with accurate elevation measurements of its highest peaks. In AD 1921, Swiss engineers Marcel Kurz and Hans Bickel employed stereophotogrametric methods and calculated the elevation of Mytikas (Pantheon) to be 2917.7m asl., while few years before (AD 1909) Yugoslav geologist J. Cvijic provided the first detailed reports of Mount Olympus geology. Mount Olympus uplifted carbonates at c. 2800m asl. (Photo © Olympus-Climbing.gr) th By late 20 century AD Mount Olympus saw a scientific climax as many international research projects concerning climate, geology and flora were realized. The construction of Agios Antonios meteorological station at 2815m asl. and the 16-year long (AD 1962 – 1978) NATO sponsored “Mount Olympus Cumulus Project” resulted in detailed studies about local climate. The 1970’s brought Danish researcher Arne Strid in Greece who realized exhaustive botanical studies that in turn resulted to the publication of the now renowned book “Wild Flowers of Mount Olympus”. During the 1980’s Belgian geologist Anne Schmid spent many years on Mount Olympus with her PhD study shedding new light on the geological evolution of the mountain and setting the basis for future research, while a National Geographic sponsored geological reconnaissance with Ohio State University researchers provided the first detailed accounts of the Quaternary glacial history of Mount Olympus. Tectonic uplift results in folding of rock formations. Shown here it the contact between Triassic and Cretaceous (?) carbonates of Mount Olympus. (Photo © Olympus-Climbing.gr) Recent scientific studies have focused on hydrology, water resources, pollen distribution, cave exploration and on past environmental changes. The most recent scientific project occurring on Mount Olympus concerns the environmental change and glacial evolution of Mount Olympus during the Holocene (i.e. the last 10.500 years). Megala Kazania cirque. The location where Mount Olympus permanent snowfields and ice bodies (remnants of the most recent – Holocene – glaciers) still survive, comprises the main fieldwork area of the ongoing scientific project entitled “Did the Ancient Greek Gods ever got cold? Defining the Holocene glacial of Mount Olympus” (Photo © Christos Tsoutsias) Selected literature in chronological order Neumayr M (1876) Das schiefergebirge der halbinsen Chalkidike und der Thessalischen Olymp. Jahrbuch Geolgischen Reishsansalt XXVI: 315–320. Sintenis P (1890) Olymp. Oesterreische Botanische Zeitschrift Cvilic J (1908) Beobachtungen uber die Eiszeit auf der Balkanhanlbinsel U.S.W. und dem Misischen Olymp. Zeits. Fur Gletscherkunde, Berlin 2: 1–35. Kurz M (1923) Le Mont Olympe (Thessalie). Paris/Neuchatel: Victor Attinger. Hayek A (1928) Ein beitrag zur Kenntnis der vegetation und der flora des Thessalichen Olymp. Beihefte zum Botan. Zentralbalt XLV:220–328. Koller O (1929) Das vorkommen von Rupicapra rupicapra auf dem berge Olymp (Griechenland). Mammol Mit. III Zool. Anz. 49. Charworth-Musters JL (1932) A contribution to our knowledge of the mammals of Macedonia and Thessaly. Ann. Nat. Hist. 166–171. Stojanov N and Jordanov D (1938) Botaniche studien auf dem Thessalischen Olymp. I. Floristische Ergebnisse (Jahrbuch Universitat Sofia Physicalish - Mathematische Fukultat) XXXIV-3 147–249. Janssens E (1953) Un naturaliste chez les dieux. La Flambeau vol.5. Quezel P (1965) Contribution a l’ etude de la Pinde central et septentrional et de l’ Olympe de Thessalie. Candolea v.20. Godfriaux I (1968) Étude géologique de la région de l'Olympe. Annales Géologiques des Pays Helléniques, 19:1–284. Barton CM (1975) Mount Olympus, Greece: new light on an old window. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 131:389–396. Barton CM (1976) The tectonic vector and emplacement age of an allochthonous basement slice in the Olympos area, N.E. Greece. Bull. Soc. Geol. France 18:253– 258. Faugères L (1977) Naissance et dévelopment du relief de l'Olympe (Grèce). Revue de Géographie Physique et de Géologie Dynamique 19(2):7–26. Sahsamanoglou H (1977) Mount Olympus Massif as a lower troposphere heat source. PhD Thesis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Strid A (1980) Wild Flowers of Mount Olympus. Athens: Goulandris Natural History Museum. Schmitt A (1983) Nouvelles contributions à l'étude géologique des Pieria, de l'Olympe, et de l'Ossa (Grèce du Nord) [Ph.D. dissert.]. Mons, Belgium, Faculté Polytechnique de Mons. Psilovikos A (1984) Phenomena of river incision and terrace formation on the eastern foothills of Mt. Olympus, Greece. Revue de Géographie, Institute de Géographie Académ, Slovaque des Sciences Brataslava, 36:201–216. Schermer ER (1990) Mechanisms of blueschist creation and preservation in an A-type subduction zone, Mount Olympos region, Greece. Geology 18:1130–1133. Schermer ER, Lux DR and Burchfiel BC (1990) Temperature–time history of subducted crust, Mount Olympus region, Greece. Tectonics 9:1165–1195. Schermer ER (1993) Geometry and kinematics of continental basement deformation during the Alpine orogeny, Mt. Olympos region, Greece. J. Struct. Geol. 15:571–591. Stiros S, Arnold M, Laborel F, Pirazzoli P and Pomoni-Papaioannou F (1994) Late Quaternary uplift of the Olympus–Pelion Range coasts (Macedonia–Thessaly, Greece). Bull. Geol. Soc. Greece 30:325–330. Pavlidis T and associates (1995). An evaluation of water resources of Enipeas River, Mount Olympus, Greece. Forestry Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Smith GW, Nance RD and Genes AN (1997) Quaternary glacial history of Mount Olympus, Greece. Geological Society of American Bulletin 109: 809‒824. Smith GW, Nance RD and Genes AN (2006) Pleistocene glacial history of Mount Olympus, Greece: Neotectonic uplift, equilibrium line elevations, and implications for climatic change. Geological Society of America Special Papers 409: 157 - 174. Nance RD (2010) Neogene-recent extension on the eastern flank of Mount Olympus, Greece. Tectonophysics 488: 282‒292. Charalampopoulos A, Damialis A, Tsiripidis I, Mavrommatis I, Halley JM, Vokou D (2012) Pollen production and circulation patterns along an elevation gradient in Mt Olympos (Greece) National Park. Aerolobiologia DOI 10.1007/s10453-013-9296-0 Welsh M (2013) Low-temperature cooling history of the Olympus-Ossa massif: new insights from zircon and apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronology and thermal modelling. BSc Thesis Department of Earth Sciences Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia Klesse S, Ziehmer M, Rousakis G, Trouet V and Frank D (2014) Synoptic drivers of 400 years of summer temperature and precipitation variability on Mt. Olympus, Greece. Climate Dynamics DOI 10.1007/s00382-014-2313-3. Styllas M, Schimmelpfennig I, Ghilardi M and Benedetti L (2015) Geomorphologic and paleoclimatic evidence of Holocene glaciation on Mount Olympus, Greece. The Holocene (in press). .
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