Solounias, N. and Ring, U. 2007.   Samos Island, Part II: Ancient history of the Samos fossils and the record of earthquakes. In: (Eds.) Gordon Lister, Marnie Forster, and Uwe Ring, Inside the Aegean Metamorphic Core Complexes, Journal of the Virtual Explorer, Electronic Edition, ISSN 1441-8142, volume 27, paper 6, doi:10.3809/jvirtex.2007.00179

Samos Island, Part II: Ancient history of the Samos fossils and the record of earthquakes

Nikos Solounias

Department of Anatomy, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, NY 11568, USA

<nsolouni@nyit.edu>

Uwe Ring

Department of Geological Sciences, Canterbury University, Christchurch 8004, New Zealand

< uwe.ring@canterbury.ac.nz>

Abstract

This second part of our field trip guide deals with the Miocene fossils found near Mytilini. Those fossils have already been interpreted by some of the Greek philosophers and are the main reason why Samos is a famous island for Earth Scientists.

Keywords: Samos, Fossil beds, Earthquakes, Field guide