Sea-level stands and Holocene geomorphological evolution of the northern deltaic margin of Amvrakikos Gulf (western Greece)

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband

Volumn 137, Issue , 2005, Pages 125-145

  Poulos, Serafim E ^a,b   Kapsimalis, Vasilios ^a,c   Tziavos, Christos ^a,c   Pavlakis, Petros ^a,c   Leivaditis, George ^a,b   Collins, Michael ^a,d  

^a Department of Geography Climatology ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

AMVRAKIKOS GULF; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 27644443242     PISSN: 00442798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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