Paleoenvironmental evolution of Istron (N.E Crete), during the last 6000 years: Depositional environment, climate and sea level changes

Geodinamica Acta

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 219-229

  Pavlopoulos, Kosmas ^a   Theodorakopoulou, Katerina ^a   Bassiakos, Yiannis ^b   Hayden, Barbara ^c   Tsourou, T ^d   Triantaphyllou, Maria ^d   Kouli, Katerina ^d   Vandarakis, Dimitris ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Human activity; Paleoclimate; Paleogeography; Sea level changes

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALYNOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TRANSGRESSION;

CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

FORAMINIFERA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 34548514237     PISSN: 09853111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3166/ga.20.219-229     Document Type: Article

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