The tectonic structure of Tainaro (Mani) Peninsula (Southern Peloponnese, Greece)

The detailed geological mapping in the area between Vathia and Porto Kagio in the Mani peninsula revealed a post-nappe tectonism due to gravity slidin g. As a result, the Mani marbles (Plattenkalk-series?) and their elastic se diments (metaflysch?) are found in reverse stratigraphic order (overturned position), appearing in places to overthrust the phyllite-quartzite nappe. Thus, the metaclastic sediments (phyllite-quartzites), that in other locati ons are referred to as the basement of Plattenkalk, may not be their origin al sedimentation substratum, and their occurrence may be the result of simi lar post-nappe tectonism.