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An innovative collaboration between scientists from the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) and New Zealand has discovered hundreds of new seismic faults in Greece. Using detailed Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) from the Hellenic Cadastre, the researchers created AFG (Active Faults Greece), the first comprehensive database of active faults in the country.
The international scientific team emphasizes that behind the Greek landscape lies a perpetual geological machine:
"The country, wedged between two continents, is being deformed by the continuous movement of Africa towards the north. Greece's relief continues to change, mainly through the action of active seismic faults. However, many of them remain hidden under vegetation or urban areas."
A total of 3,815 crack traces were recorded, grouped into 892 cracks. Most impressively, more than half of the cracks were mapped for the first time.
In total, over 2,000 rift tracks are classified as active. The analysis also showed that over half of Greece's active rifts control the flow of rivers and shape the boundaries of mountains and valleys.
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