Quantifying cycles of tectonically induced vertical surface motions in an accretionary wedge: evidence from foraminiferal-based Plio-Pleistocene paleo-water depth estimates of the Island of Rhodes (Greece)

The Island of Rhodes, located in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea at the eastern terminus of the Hellenic forearc, experienced intensive tectonic motions during the Plio-Pleistocene. Marine sediments of the Lindos Bay Formation, Plio-Pleistocene in age, were uplifted and are outcropping today along the eastern coast of the island. These sediments offer an unique opportunity to unravel the complex depositional and neotectonic history of Rhodes. In …