<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bleta, A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Evelpidou, N.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Andris, P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Karditsa, A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Markakis, E.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Poulos, S.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Comparative study of geomorphological and sedimentological characteristics of Tigani and Mikali coastal zones (SE Samos)</style></title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece</style></publisher><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%"> XLII/I</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">70-78</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;div&gt;The present study investigates the principal morphological and sedimentological (textural)&amp;nbsp;characteristics of the beach-zones along the Tigani and Mikalis Bays, which are located at the&amp;nbsp;southeastern coast of Samos Island. It is also examined their retreat due to the expected sea level rise&amp;nbsp;induced by the climatic change. The beach zones under investigation has been formed in front of&amp;nbsp;alluvial coastal plains, while at their western end host the mouth of small (ephemeral) rivers. Their width&amp;nbsp;varies between 12 and 25 m, becoming narrower towards their eastern ends; this shows that the&amp;nbsp;longshore sediment transport, which is from W to E due to their coastline orientation relatively to&amp;nbsp;incoming waves, has not been strong enough to move most of the sediment eastwards. The subaerial&amp;nbsp;part of both beach zones consists of gravels, while their subaqueous part is covered by sand. The&amp;nbsp;presence of low dunes at the backshore odf the Thiogani Bay in association with the lack of sand&amp;nbsp;between the dunes and the shoreface indicate that the beach zone is under erosion. Furthermore, with&amp;nbsp;respect to the expected sea-level rise the shoreline of Tigani bay may be retreat by 15-20 m, when the&amp;nbsp;nearby shoreline of Mikalis bay could retreat 12-15 m.&lt;/div&gt;</style></abstract></record></records></xml>