Centimetre-scale reverse faults cross-cutting alternating dolomites and silica layers of the Plattenkalk nappe. Faults (photo) and asymmetric south-verging folds reflect Oligocene compression and are exposed in the Samaria Gorge, which developed as a result of contemporaneous (Pleistocene) continent uplift and erosion.
Approximate location of the outcrop
Centimetre-scale reverse faults cross-cutting alternating dolomites and silica layers of the Plattenkalk nappe. Faults (photo) and asymmetric south-verging folds reflect Oligocene compression and are exposed in the Samaria Gorge, which developed as a result of contemporaneous (Pleistocene) continent uplift and erosion.
Approximate location of the outcrop
Photograph: Koen Van Noten
Reference: Fassoulas C. (2004). Field Guide to the Geology of Crete. Natural History Museum of Crete, Publ., 104p, Heraklio (3th edition)