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Upper-plate normal faults along forearcs often accumulate slip during > Mw 6 earthquakes. Such normal faults traverse the forearc of the Hellenic Subduction System (HSS) in Greece and are the focus of this study. Here, we use detailed field-mapping and analysis of high-resolution Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) to study 42 active normal faults on the islands of Kythira and Antikythira in the Aegean Sea. Onshore fault kinematic data are complemented by seabed bathymetry mapping of ten offshore faults that extend along the Kythira-Antikythira Strait (KAS). We find that normal faults in the KA...

Producers in Greece Adapt to Challenging Harvest Greek producers have shown resourcefulness in dealing with the exceptional challenges of the 2020 harvest, supported by their knowledge of the industry and their clients. Stavros Kallas Even as they con­front the long-run­ning reper­cus­sions of the Covid-19 pan­demic, adverse weather con­di­tions and low olive oil prices, Greek pro­duc­ers are deter­mined to have a suc­cess­ful har­vest. On the island of Kefalonia, on the west­ern edge of the Hellenic Arc in the Ionian Sea, the har­vest was demand­ing but reward­ing for the l...