@proceedings {17692,
	title = {Age evolution and geomorhic development of Akrotiri promontory sand dunes, Cyprus},
	journal = {RCG2019 {\textquotedblleft}Geomorphology of Climatically and Tectonically Sensitive Areas{\textquotedblright}},
	year = {2019},
	address = {Athens - Greece},
	abstract = {<div>Two well-developed quaternary sand dune fields have been identified on the western and\&nbsp;eastern side of Akrotiri promontory (Lemesos, Cyprus). The fields extend immediately from\&nbsp;the low level of their source beaches onto higher ground (\&gt; 38m amsl). Geomorphic\&nbsp;observation supported by OSL dating of multimineral sand horizons demonstrate several\&nbsp;phases of sand accumulation in the western field in contrast to the smaller eastern system,\&nbsp;where the evidence direct to a relatively recent dune emplacement. The effects of climatic\&nbsp;change, relative sea-level change and anthropogenic influence in dune evolution, have been\&nbsp;evaluated in both sites in combination with documented evidence of human induced\&nbsp;destabilization of the western sand dune field during the 1970s and 1980s. Both fields share\&nbsp;similar topographic settings and situated in close proximity but they do not share an entirely\&nbsp;similar evolution history. The\&nbsp; οbservations and the data suggest the combination of local and\&nbsp;regional control of the development of the sand dunes and the geochronological analysis with</div>
<div>luminescence methodology support the ability of the method to reconstruct the evolution of\&nbsp;sand dunes fields in the eastern Mediterranean area.</div>},
	author = {Polidorou, M. and Evelpidou, N.}
}
