Holocene palaeogeographies of the Astakos coastal plain (Akarnania, NW Greece)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 239, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 126-146

  Vott A ^a   Bruckner H ^a   Handl, M ^a   Schriever, A ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Akarnania; Geoarchaeology; Greece; Holocene; Palaeogeography; Sea level changes

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PLAIN; FACIES ANALYSIS; HOLOCENE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

AETOLIA AND ACARNANIA; ASTAKOS BAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN GREECE;

EID: 33747067099     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.01.015     Document Type: Article

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