Social and historical impacts of earthquake-related sea-level changes on ancient (prehistoric to Roman) coastal sites

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband

Volumn 137, Issue , 2005, Pages 79-89

  Stiros, Stathis C ^a,b  

^a Patras University ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EVOLUTION; HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645505155     PISSN: 00442798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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