Cyclades Islands

They serve as the boundary between southern and northern parts of the Aegean Sea and the divided region, sharply differing nature of the igneous rocks. Freshwater Miocene limestone found in the southern part of the sea, but as far as we know, they are not accompanied by trachytes. Eruptions of this area took place after the Tertiary period, and even in our time. Further, it is proved that in the Miocene epoch of the Aegean Sea did not exist, in its place was located the mainland with numerous freshwater lakes. The southern part of the Sea, bounded to the north of the Cyclades islands in the south - Crete, in the east - Asia Minor and the west - Greece, founded in the late Tertiary period: the ancient continent sank along deep fractures, and the resulting cavity was filled with water. It may well be that a witness to this revolution, accomplished in such recent times, there was even a man. The latest eruption of rock reaches the dominant development in the northern part of the newly formed sea, mainly on the south side of the Cyclades chain. Geological features of the island of Kos suggest that the eruption began in early Pliocene epoch, but reached the highest development only in the post-Tertiary period.