Erosion problems in Alexandroupolis coastline, North-Eastern Greece

Environmental Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 835-848

  Xeidakis, G S ^a   Delimani, P ^a   Skias, S ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea currents; Classification of coasts; Coastal erosion; Evros River Delta; North Greece

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; MAPS; PHOTOINTERPRETATION; SEDIMENTS; SHORE PROTECTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

COASTAL EROSION PROCESSES; COASTLINE; CONGLOMERATES; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS;

EROSION;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; BREAKWATER; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

AEGEAN SEA; ALEXANDROUPOLIS; EASTERN MACEDONIA AND THRACE; EURASIA; EUROPE; EVROS; EVROS DELTA; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 36448971238     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0697-7     Document Type: Article

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