Alternating marine and lacustrine sedimentation during late Quaternary in the Gulf of Corinth rift basin, central Greece

Marine Geology

Volumn 167, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 391-411

  Perissoratis, C ^a   Piper, D J W ^b   Lykousis, V ^c  

^a 70 Messogion Str   (Greece)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Central Greece; Sea level changes; Sedimentation; Stratigraphy; Upper Quaternary

Indexed keywords

GREECE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; WATER FLOW;

COASTAL SEDIMENT; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0034662340     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(00)00038-4     Document Type: Article

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