Peloponnese colloquium 2023

Navarino Environmental Observatory, 11-12 May 2023

Object: Two-days get-to-know, multidisciplinary, scientific meeting at the Navarino Environmental Observatory (NEO) in Pylos.

Organisers of the colloquium: Christos Pantazis (NEO) & Simon Bufféral (PSL)

Targetted area: The Peloponnese

Scientific questions

  1. Geology and geomorphology of the area
  2. Earthquakes, tsunamis, and sea level change
  3. Climate change, atmosphere, and aerosols
  4. Applied geophysics and paleo-environments
  5. Water resources and geosciences, from archaeology to agriculture

Thursday May 11th 2023 morning (09:00-12:00)

Visit of the observatory and discussion around the observationnal arrays

Thursday May 11th afternoon (13:30-18:15)

Five minutes pitch by each participant presenting their main research topic and prospectives related to the targetted area and the overall science topics

Active deformation (13:30-14:25)

Agro-ecology and paleoclimates (14:25-15:35)

  • Vasilis Gkisakis (ELGO) – 14:25-14:30 (cancelled)
  • Hakan Berg (SU) – 14:30-14:35
  • Martina Hättestrand (SU, NEO) – 14:35-14:40
  • Giorgos Maneas (NEO) 14:40-14:45
  • Christos Pantazis (NEO) 14:45-14:50
  • Nikos Zaharias (UPAT) 14:50-14:55
  • Open discussion on the topic – 14:55-15:35

Break 15:35-16:05

Atmosphere and aerosols (16:05-17:05)

  • Vaggelis Gerasopoulos (NOA IERSD) – 16:05-16:10
  • Pasquale Sellito (LISA, IPSL, INGV-OE) – Atmosphere & aerosols – 16:10-16:15
  • Stavros Solomos (Academy of Athens) – 16:15-16:20
  • Nikos Mihalopoulos (NOA IERSD) – 16:20-16:25 (cancelled)
  • Open discussion on the topic – 16:25-17:05

Geomorphology (17:05-18:15)

  • Simon Bufféral (PSL Geosciences) – 17:05-17:10
  • Haris Kranis (NKUA Geology) – 17:10-17:15
  • Sotiris Kokkalas (UPAT Geology) – 17:15-17:20
  • Manu Pubellier (PSL Geosciences) – 17:20-17:25
  • Emmanuel Skourtsos (NKUA Geology) – 17:25-17:30
  • Paris Xypolias (UPAT Geology) – 17:30-17:35
  • Open discussion on the topic: 17:35-18:15

19:00-20:00 Aperitive

Friday May 12th morning (08:30-10:30) – Prospective

  • Future collaborations
  • New instrumentations
  • Scientific project
  • Educational aspects
  • Others …

Friday May 12th afternoon (11:00-18:00) -Field trip of nearby geological features

THE QUESTION OF THE DAY!: Is the Taygetos range a compressional anticline, an exhumed dome, a fault-bounded horst, or everything at once?

This question will discusses during a short field trip across the multiple phases of deformation in the Southern and Central Peloponnese, with stops along the alpine fault-and-thrust belt, the active normal faults of East Messenia, and the northern termination of the Taygetos metamorphic window.