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Tafoni and Alveoles formation. An example from Naxos and Tinos Islands.

Citation:

Evelpidou, N., Leonidopoulou, D., & Vassilopoulos, A. (2009). Tafoni and Alveoles formation. An example from Naxos and Tinos Islands.. In N. Evelpidou, de Figueiredo, T., Mauro, F., Tecim, V., & Vassilopoulos, A. (Eds.), EU Natural Heritage from East to West (pp. 35-42).

Abstract:

Weathering formations resembling small caves, known by the name of Tafoni, are a characteristic, but not exclusive, feature of the Mediterranean area. Examples of such geomorphological formations have been recorded in Sardinia and Corsica (Klaer, 1956; Frenzel, 1965), in Tuscany (Martini, 1978), in S. Spain (Mellor et al., 1997) and in the Aegean Sea area (Greece) (Riedl, 1991; Hejl, 2005).