Abstract
The anomalies which are shown on the gravity and aeromagnetic data of the Chalkidhiki peninsula of Northern Greece reveal the presence of three concealed dense and magnetized bodies. The ophiolitic belt which continues northwards of the geophysical anomalies suggests that they are caused by structures which belong to it.
Multiple source Werner deconvolution shows that the lower surfaces of buried bodies in Toroneos Gulf and the one onshore are concave upwards.
The northern concealed body has a width of 16 kilometers, while the southern one is 8 kilometres in width. A three-dimensional model, well constrained, gives an estimate of the dimensions of the onshore feature.
The edges of the bodies, delineated by the terracing method, are formed by faults along the trend of the Hellenides orogenic belt. The edges of the body in the outer part of Toroneos Gulf may be associated with seismic swarms that occurred in the 1980s.
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Tsokas, G.N. Gravity and magnetic expression of the concealed basic and ultrabasic bodies in Chalkidhiki, Northern Greece. PAGEOPH 144, 117–134 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00876477
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