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The Almyros basin, (Eastern Thessaly, Greece) formed during the Pliocene- Pleistocene N-S extensional phase that affected the entire Aegean area. Historical evidences show a prograding character of the Almyros coastline, developed along the Pagasitikos gulf. This tendency is enhanced by the actual form of the riverbeds witnessing a vertical (in depth) erosion of the riverbeds. This evolution is probably due to the continuing tectonic action and not to deposition of alluvial sediments as no important sediment load is observed. The fault system that could favor the progradation of the coastline should be the NW-SE and NNW-SSE slip-normal faults.
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Chouliaras, G., Pavlopoulos, A. (2011). Evolution tendency of the coastline of Almyros basin (Eastern Thessaly, Greece). In: Lambrakis, N., Stournaras, G., Katsanou, K. (eds) Advances in the Research of Aquatic Environment. Environmental Earth Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19902-8_21
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