Position:
Head of Geodicversity dep. of the Natural History Museum of Crete
Status:
Dr Geologist, Laboratory Teaching Staff (EDIP) of the University of Crete
Address:

Natural History Museum of Crete, University of Crete,
Knossou Ave., P.O. Box 2208, GR-71409,
Heraklion Crete, Greece

Department:
Geodiversity department
Full CV:
PDF icon Fassoulas Charalampos CV

Education

  • Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Ph.D, 1995
  • Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Sc.B, 1989

Research Interests

  • Study and assessment of Geodiversity,
  • Geointerpretation and geoconservation
  • Tectonic geomorphology in modern orogenic zones
  • Mitigation of Natural Disasters risk
Brachert T.C., Bornemann A., Reuter M., Galer S.J., Grimm K.I., Fassoulas C. (2015) Upwelling history of the Mediterranean Sea revealed by stunted growth in the planktic foraminifera Orbulina universa (early Messinian, Crete, Greece). Int J Earth Sci 104, 263–276 (doi:10.1007/s00531-014-1076-8)
Gallen S.F., Wegmann K.W., Bohnenstiehl D.R., Pazzaglia F.J., Brandon M.T., Fassoulas C. (2014) Active simultaneous uplift and margin-normal extension in a forearc high, Crete, Greece. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 398, 11–24
Strobl M., Hetzel R., Fassoulas C., Kubik P.W. (2014) A long-term rock uplift rate for eastern Crete and geodynamic implications for the Hellenic subduction zone. J. of Geodynamics 78, 21-31 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jog.2014.04.002)
Brachert T.C., Reuter M., Krueger S., Boecker A., Lohmann H., Mertz-Kraus R., Fassoulas C. (2013) Density banding in corals: Barcodes of past and current climate change. Coral Reefs 32(4), 1013-1023
Fassoulas C., Staridas S., Perakis V., Mavrokosta C. (2013) Revealing the Geoheritage of the Eastern Crete through the development of Sitia Geopark, Crete, Greece. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece XLVII/2, 1004-1016
Brachert T.C., Bornemann A., Reuter M., Galer S.J., Grimm K.I., Fassoulas C. (2015) Upwelling history of the Mediterranean Sea revealed by stunted growth in the planktic foraminifera Orbulina universa (early Messinian, Crete, Greece). Int J Earth Sci 104, 263–276 (doi:10.1007/s00531-014-1076-8)
Gallen S.F., Wegmann K.W., Bohnenstiehl D.R., Pazzaglia F.J., Brandon M.T., Fassoulas C. (2014) Active simultaneous uplift and margin-normal extension in a forearc high, Crete, Greece. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 398, 11–24
Strobl M., Hetzel R., Fassoulas C., Kubik P.W. (2014) A long-term rock uplift rate for eastern Crete and geodynamic implications for the Hellenic subduction zone. J. of Geodynamics 78, 21-31 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jog.2014.04.002)
Brachert T.C., Reuter M., Krueger S., Boecker A., Lohmann H., Mertz-Kraus R., Fassoulas C. (2013) Density banding in corals: Barcodes of past and current climate change. Coral Reefs 32(4), 1013-1023
Fassoulas C., Staridas S., Perakis V., Mavrokosta C. (2013) Revealing the Geoheritage of the Eastern Crete through the development of Sitia Geopark, Crete, Greece. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece XLVII/2, 1004-1016
Iliopoulos G., Roussiakis S., Fassoulas C. (2012) First occurrence of carnivore footprint with hyaenid affinities from the Late Miocene of Crete (Greece). Palaeobio Palaeoenv, 92, 265–271 doi:10.1007/s12549-012-0073-9
Mountrakis D., Kilias A., Pavlaki A., Fassoulas C., Thomaidou E., Papazachos C., Vamvakaris D. (2012) Neotectonic study of the Western Crete. Seismic risk evaluation of the active faults. 42, Paper 4
Fassoulas C., Mouriki D., Dimitriou-Nikolakis P., Iliopoulos G. (2012) Quantitative Assessment of Geotopes as an ­Ef­fective Tool for Geoheritage Management. Geoheritage 4(3), 177-193
Fassoulas C., Mouriki D., Dimitriou-Nikolakis P., Iliopoulos G. (2011) Quantitative assessment of geotopes as an effective tool for geoheritage management. Geoheritage
Mouslopoulou V., Moraetis D., Fassoulas C. (2011) Identifying past earthquakes on carbonate faults: Advances and limitations of the ‘Rare Earth Element’ method based on analysis of the Spili Fault, Crete, Greece. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 309(1/2), 45-55
Zidianakis I., Iliopoulos G., Fassoulas C. (2010) A new late miocene plant assemblage from Messara basin (Crete, Greece). Bull. Geol. Soc. Greece 43(2), 781-792
Fassoulas C., Zouros N. (2010) Evaluating the influence of Greek Geoparks to the Local Communities. Bull. Geol. Soc. Greece 43(2), 896-906
Iliopoulos G., Eikamp H., Fassoulas C. (2010) A new late Pleistocene Mammal locality from Western Crete. Bull. Geol. Soc. Greece 43(2), 918-925
Svana K., Iliopoulos G., Fassoulas C. (2010) New Sirenian findings from Crete Island. Bull. Geol. Soc. Greece 43(2), 746-753
Mertz-Kraus R., Brachert T., Reuter M., Galer S.J.G, Fassoulas C., Iliopoulos G. (2009) Late Miocene sea surface salinity increase in the Eastern Mediterranean inferred from coral δ18O variation. Chemical Geol. 262, 202-216
Zidianakis J., Fassoulas C., Mohr B.A.R. (2007) An upper Miocene paleoflora from Vrysses, western Crete (Greece) and its paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic interpretation. GEODIVERSITAS 29(3), 351-377
Fassoulas C., Paragamian K., Iliopoulos G. (2007) Identification and assessment of Cretan Geotopes. Bull. Geol. Soc. Greece 40(4), 1780-1795
Brachert T., Reuter M., Felis T., Kroeger K., Lohmann G., Micheels A., Fassoulas C. (2006) Late Miocene corals (10 Ma) from Crete (Greece) document interannual climate variability controlled by the Icelandic Low. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 245, 81-94
Poulakakis N., Lymberakis P., Fassoulas C. (2005) Deinotherium giganteum KAUP 1829 (Proboscidae, Deinotheriidae) from the Middle Miocene of Siteia (East Crete, Greece). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3), 732-736
Rahl J., Anderson K., Brandon M., Fassoulas C. (2005) Raman spectroscopic carbonaceous material thermometry of low-grade metamorphic rocks: Calibration and application to tectonic exhumation in Crete, Greece. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 240, 339-354
Fassoulas C., Nikolakakis M. (2005) Landscape response to the tectonic uplift of Crete, Greece. Bull. Geol. Soc. Greece 37, 201-217
Fassoulas C., Rahl J., Ague J., Henderson K. (2004) Patterns and conditions of deformation in the Plattenkalk nappe, Crete, Greece. A Preliminary Study. Bull. Geol. Soc. Greece 36(4), 1626-1635
Strasser T., Fassoulas C. (2004) Granodiorite stone tools in Cretan excavations. Aegean Archaeology 7, 9-12
Poulakakis N., Mylonas M., Lymberakis P., Fassoulas C. (2002) Origin and taxonomy of the fossil elephants of the island of Crete (Greece): Problems and perspectives. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 186, 163-183
Fassoulas C. (2001) The tectonic development of a Neogene basin at the leading edge of the active European margin: The Heraklion basin, Crete, Greece. J. Geodynamics 31(1), 63-84
Ring U., Brachert T., Fassoulas C. (2001) Middle Miocene graben development in Crete and its possible relation to large-scale detachment faults in the southern Aegean. TERRA ΝOVA 13(1), 297-304
Fassoulas C. (1999) The structural evolution of central Crete: Insight into the tectonic evolution of the South Aegean (Greece). J. Geodynamics 27(1), 23-43
Fassoulas C., Kilias A., Mountrakis D. (1998) Rheology and Strain Patterns During the Exhumation of the Phyllite - Quartzite nappe in Central Crete (Greece). Bull. Geol. Soc. Greece 32(1), 87-96
Kilias A., Fassoulas C., Mountrakis D. (1994) Tertiary extension of continental crust and uplift of Psiloritis metamorphic core complex in the central part of the Hellenic Arc (Crete, Greece). Geol. Rundsch. 83, 417-430

Teaching experience

  • “Lessons of Physical Geography and Geomorphology” an undergraduate course in Biology dep., Univ. of Crete, Greece.
  • “Environmental geology and management of Geodiversity”, a postgraduate course in Biology dep., Univ. of Crete, Greece