Evidence of late-holocene tsunami events in Lebanon

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband

Volumn 146, Issue , 2006, Pages 81-95

  Morhange, Christophe ^a   Marriner, Nick ^a   Pirazzoli, Paolo Antonio ^b  

^a CEREGE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOGRAPHIE PHYSIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; HOLOCENE; OCEAN WAVE; SHORELINE; TSUNAMI EVENT; UPLIFT; WESTERLY;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; LEBANON; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; TRIPOLI;

DENDROPOMA; VERMETIDAE;

EID: 34250809878     PISSN: 00442798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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