@article {11934,
	title = {Tafoni formation at Theologos (Fthiotida, Greece).},
	journal = {Revista de Geomorphologie},
	volume = {14},
	year = {2012},
	pages = {13-28},
	abstract = {<span>The aim of this paper is to provide further information of the tafoni development. At Theologos area, Fthiotis Prefecture, north Euboean Gulf, a carbonate formation hosts a variety of well developed tafoni. 165 tafoni were, randomly, selected by means of a detailed geomorphological investigation. The presence or absence of lichen cover, rock flaking, and cavern floor debris, amalgamation, salt flakes, different kind of structures, biological communities, were noted, while measurements regarding their dimension took place. Surface hardness values, obtained using a Schmidt hammer. Although, there is no evidence of the key factor that drives the growth of tafoni, salt weathering and low strength seems determinant of their formation. Moreover, much of the evidences suggest that joints are actively influencing the origin and the morphology of tafoni. It is possible that tafoni formation is initiated at weak zones. The studied tafoni are actively developing and are not relict features inherited from a past environment. It seems that their evolutionary stage is II towards to III. The results of chemical and mineralogical analysis indicate that during the cavernous weathering, silica, sulphates, alumina and iron oxides have replaced carbonate grains. Also, at the non-weathered part of the rock, the main mineralogical phases are calcite and dolomite.</span>},
	author = {Modianaki, Z. and Evelpidou, N. and Stamatopoulos, L. and Stamatakis, M.}
}
