Strong tsunami impact on the Bay of Aghios Nikolaos and its environs (NW Greece) during Classical-Hellenistic times

Quaternary International

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-122

  Vott A ^a   Bruckner H ^a   May, M ^a   Lang, F ^b   Herd, R ^c   Brockmuller S ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHROCK; COAST; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; TSUNAMI;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

MAURA;

EID: 41849123527     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.02.017     Document Type: Article

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