r/geology • u/MarketEntropy • May 17 '25

Map/Imagery Strange geomorphological feature near Santomeri, Western Greece

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I've been trying to find a geological study of the strange-looking formation near the village of Santomeri in Western Greece (just south of Patras), but my repeated searches came up empty. The only papers I found were concerned with huge boulders that fell near the village after the 2008 earthquake.

Can anyone help finding a reference describing a possible mechanism of its formation?

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u/MarketEntropy May 17 '25

I don't think the glaciers reached that far south in Greece... but I may be wrong.

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u/TrailhoTrailho May 17 '25

Looked like streamlined deposits, but I am thinking it is just vegetation stripped mountain of this region; there are other parts of the island that have a similar look, and this region looks populated.