@inbook {11990, title = {Palaeogeographic evolution of the Cyclades Islands (Greece) during the Holocene.}, booktitle = {Coastal and Marine Geospatial Technologies}, year = {2009}, pages = {297-304}, publisher = {Springer}, organization = {Springer}, abstract = {
The Cycladic islands are located in the central Aegean Sea (Greece)\ forming a partly submerged plateau separated into two parts: the eastern shallower\ one (Andros, Tinos, Mykonos, Naxos, Paros, Syros, Ios, Sikinos, Folegandros)\ which formed one big island (6.978 km2) at the end of the last glacial period; the
western islands (Kea, Kythnos, Serifos, Sifnos, Milos) which remained separated
during the same period. The eastern islands constitute an erosional plateau which\ is the end product of a Neogene palaeosurface that was partially submerged due to\ thinning of the crust during the Quaternary. The presence of numerous Neolithic\ sites both on land and submerged indicates the existence of an advanced civilization\ in the area for thousands of years. The location of the lost Atlantis could be found\ in this area probably between Naxos, Paros and Antiparos.
}, author = {Gaki-Papanastassiou, K. and Evelpidou, N. and Maroukian, H. and Vassilopoulos, A.}, editor = {David R. Green} }