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
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
Table of Contents
- Historical and Mythological Views
- Comments and interpretations
- Comments and interpretations
- The Palaeontological Excavations on Samos: a historical perspective
- Published Works on the Samos Fossils
- The Mytilini Basin
- The Fossils
- Bone beds, museums and sites of ancient technology on Samos Island
- References